FAMILY ENVIRONMENT AND HARDINESS OF STUDENTS FROM EDUCATION COLLEGES IN UPPER MYANMAR
Abstract
- The main aim of this study is to investigate the family environment and hardiness of students from education colleges in Upper Myanmar. A total of 1000 first year students (Male = 460, Female = 540) from Education Colleges in Upper Myanmar were randomly selected as participants of this study. The instruments were the Family Environment Scale (FES) developed by Moos and Moos (1994) and Hardiness Scale (HS) developed by Maddi et al. (2006). According to the result of descriptive statistics, it was found that most of the students from education colleges in Upper Myanmar perceived their family environment as satisfactory and their hardiness level was high. The result of t test showed that there was significant difference in total family environment and its dimensions by gender. Female students perceived their family environment better than male ones. The result of t test showed that there was no significant difference in family environment by locality but for its dimensions, there was significant difference in relationship dimension by locality. Students from rural had better relationship than those from urban. For hardiness, the result of independent samples t test showed that there was significant difference in hardiness by gender. Female students had higher hardiness than male ones. Moreover, it was also found significant difference in hardiness by locality. Rural students from education colleges in Upper Myanmar had higher hardiness than urban ones. And the result of correlation analysis revealed that there was statistically significant positive correlation between family environment and hardiness (r = .457, p < .01). So, it can be concluded that the better family environment students had, the higher hardiness they possessed.
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Year
- 2021
Author
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Hnin Ei Zin
Subject
- Educational Psychology
Publisher
- Myanmar Academy of Arts and Science (MAAS)