การอบรมกล่อมเกลาทางการเมืองที่ส่งผลต่อพฤติกรรมประชาธิปไตยของนักเรียนมัธยมศึกษาตอนปลายอำเภอเมืองอุทัยธานี จังหวัดอุทัยธานี

                     Objectives of this research paper were: 1. To study level of political socialization and level of democratic behavior of secondary school students at Mueang Uthai Thani District, Uthai Thani Province, 2. To study the relationship between political socialization and democratic behavior of secondary school students at ​​Mueang Uthai Thani District, Uthai Thani Province and 3. To apply Sappurisadhamma 7 for promoting democratic behavior of secondary school students at ​​Mueang Uthai Thani District, Uthai Thani Province. Methodology was the mixed methods: The quantitative research was used a survey research method with questionnaires as a tool to collect data from secondary school students studying in secondary schools. Under the Office of Secondary Education Service Area, Uthai Thani - Chainat, in the area of ​​Mueang Uthai Thani District, Uthai Thani Province from 3 schools, namely Uthai Witthayakom School with 943 students, Phutthamongkon Witthaya School with 125 students, and Nong Tao Witthaya School with 28 students, totaling 1,096 students. The researcher determined the sample size from the calculation using the Krejcei & Morgan received a sample of 285 people. Data were analyzed with ready-made computer program for social sciences research with descriptive statistics: frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and inferential statistics, Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation Coefficient. The qualitative research, data were collected with structured in-depth-interview script from 12 key informants by in-depth-interviewing and analyzed by content descriptive interpretation.

                  Findings were as follows:

              1. secondary school students at ​​Mueang Uthai Thani District, Uthai Thani Province, by overall, received political socialization at the middle level x bar= 3.32. Each aspect, from high to low level, was found that peer group was at x bar= 3.60, mass media institution was at x bar= 3.47, family institution was at x bar= 3.41which were at high level. Religious institution was at x bar= 3.26 and educational institution was at x bar= 2.84 respectively. The students had democratic behavior, by overall, at high level (x bar= 3.95). Each aspect, from high to low level, was found that other people’s right and freedom respect was at x bar= 4.19, reasons was at x bar= 3.87, unity was at x bar= 3.86, respectively.

                  2. Result of Correlation Coefficient analysis indicated that the Correlation

Coefficient of political socialization of secondary school students at ​​Mueang Uthai Thani District, Uthai Thani Province, by overall, had positive relationship at low level (r=0.322) with the statistically significant level at 0.01.

              3. Application of Sappurisadhamma 7 to promote democratic behavior of secondary school students at ​​Mueang Uthai Thani District, Uthai Thani Province by providing political socialization for the youth by the following methods: 1) family institution. There should be instilling the youth to have self-responsibility, setting goal to self-development, self-awareness to adapt oneself to society, punctuality, respecting social rules and regulations, accepting others different opinions and individual differences. 2) educational institutions. There should be educational administration or organization of learning process to help students know reasons to live together in society, pay attention to the interest for all, teamwork, understand moderation, appropriate expression, know how to analyze community in all dimensions in real situation, train to behave with others properly, know how to choose to associate or not to associate, 3) mass media institution. There should be news dispatching on how to apply the principle of sufficiency economy philosophy in daily living, advice data and information about social environment so that the youth would behave in society appropriately. Besides, mass media should communicate to encourage the youth to have good attitudes and accept other’s opinions and individual differences including practicing empathy, 4) religious institution. There should be teaching the youth to have reasons, good results coming from good causes, to accept the results from one own deed, to have good goals in life, to give with mindfulness, to know what should be done, when, where, why and how. Religious institution should teach the youth to respect social rules and regulations and to know and understand the individual differences, 5) peer groups. The role of the peer group is to use reasons and peaceful methods to solve conflicts arisen in the peer groups. Persuading peers to apply the principle of sufficiency economy philosophy to integrate in livelihood, persuading each other to engage in public charity activities, respecting the political opinions, even the different opinions.