Publication: The forgiveness among vocational students in Bangkok
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2018-01-01
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01252208
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Mahidol University
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Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand. Vol.101, No.1 (2018), S74-S79
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Sirinadda Punyapas, Tikumporn Hosiri, Onpraparn Thavepthavolvong, Sudsabuy Chulakadabba, Sucheera Phattharayuttawat, Thienchai Ngamthipwatthana, Soisuda Imaroonrak, Thanayot Sumalrot, Natchaphon Auampradit The forgiveness among vocational students in Bangkok. Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand. Vol.101, No.1 (2018), S74-S79. Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/47034
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The forgiveness among vocational students in Bangkok
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© 2018, Medical Association of Thailand. All rights reserved. Objective: To study forgiveness among vocational students in Bangkok area as well as evaluation of overall forgiveness and its subscales classified by year and department. Materials and Methods: The 240 participants were students who studied in vocational college for whom data was collected using a Forgiveness Scales for Teenagers Questionnaire. Results: The results indicated that the categories of overall forgiveness, situational forgiveness and forgive others were ranked in ‘indifference to forgive’ while self-forgiveness was ranked ‘slightly forgive’. When comparing the total scale and subscale scores of forgiveness by year, 1 st -year students had higher scores than the 2 nd -year students with significance level at 0.05. However, both total scale and sub-scale scores of the students from various departments did not illustrated statistical differences. Conclusion: The findings reflected the characteristics of forgiveness in vocational certificate level students which provide vital information in planning to promote forgiveness quality in order to minimize violence when resolving conflict.