The Relationships Between Knowledge, Attitude, and Exercise Behaviors of Teachers in Pathumthani Provincial Administration Organization
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This research aimed to study the knowledge, attitude, and exercise behaviors of teachers in Pathumthani Provincial Administration Organization and study the relationships between knowledge, attitude, and exercise behaviors of teachers in Pathumthani Provincial Administration Organization. Populations were 300 teachers under the Pathumthani Provincial Administration Organization. 169 subjects who were teachers selected by purposive selection. The research instruments were exercise knowledge quiz, attitude measurement forms, and exercise behavior questionnaires which were examined by 5 experts. Exercise Correspondence Index of exercise knowledge quiz, attitude measurement forms, used were 0.92, 0.88, 0.94 respectively. Exercise knowledge quiz, attitude measurement forms, and exercise behavior questionnaire were 0.73, 0.89, 0.86 respectively. Data were analyzed by using average, standard deviation, percentage, and correlation were analyzed by Pearson's correlation coefficient statistics.
The research findings were as follows: 1) The knowledge in exercise of the teachers in Pathumthani Provincial Administration Organization was at the moderate level 27.22 %. 2) The attitude in exercise of the teachers was at the high level (mean = 3.71). 3) The exercise behavior of the teachers was at the moderate level (mean = 2.10). 4) The teachers had knowledge about exercise in relation to exercise attitude in the same direction significantly at .05 level. 5) The teachers had knowledge about exercise in relation to exercise behaviors in the same direction significantly at .05 level. 6) The teachers had the attitude about exercise in relation to exercise behaviors in the same direction significantly at .05 level.
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