Stress and Adaptation of the First Year Undergraduate Students of Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi

Abstract

Stress and Adaptation of the First Year Undergraduate Students of Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi

The purpose of this research was to study 1) stress levels 2) adjustment, and 3) comparison of stress levels of first-year undergraduate students at Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi who had different backgrounds and adjustment. Data were collected from 396 samples using questionnaires. As for data analysis, percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test, and SPSS One-Way ANOVA were used.It was found that approximately half of the students had the GPA ranging between 2.00-2.99 and average monthly income of 6,728.54 baht. Two-fifths stayed at their parents’ house, four-fifths had parents who lived together, more than three-fifths had parents with lower than a bachelor’s degree, and more than one-fifths had parents who worked as a general employee. The students’ stress was at a moderate level while their adjustment was at a high level.

From hypothesis testing, it was found that first-year undergraduate students at Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi with different backgrounds had different stress levels at a significance level of .05. However, the stress levels of students whose parents had different occupations did not differ. Meanwhile, the students with different adjustment had different stress levels at a significance level of .05.