Influences of Child-Raising, Temple Attendance, Practicing the Five Precepts, and Meditation on Parent Gratitude

Abstract

The purpose of the research was to find out factors relating to parent gratitude by comparing difference on gratitude average score which dividing according to child - raising, temple attendance, practicing the five precepts and meditation. One thousand nine hundred and eighty five Thai religious males were the target samples selected by using multi - stage random sampling technique. Questionnaire was served as a tool for data collection. By means of t - test, F-test and post-hoc comparison the data were statistically analyzed. The results of the research were as follows : 1) child-raising by more love-supporting and more reasoning were highly related to the practicing and conscience of gratitude. Child-raising with less controlling and repay abandon were highly related to the conscience of gratitude, and more controlling child-raising was significantly related to the practicing of gratitude. 2) continuity of temple attendance, practicing the five precepts, and practicing meditation were the crucial factors involving the practicing and conscience of gratitude.