THE HEALTH BEHAVIORS OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN UNIVERSITY OF PHAYAO
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This survey research aimed to study and compare the health behaviors of undergraduate students in University of Phayao. The questionnaire was constructed with content validity of 1.0 and reliability of 0.98. The sample group consisted of 400 undergraduate students by using proportional stratified random sampling. The data were analyzed by using frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, Independent Sample t – test and One - Way ANOVA at the significance level of .05
It was found that: 1) The health behaviors of undergraduate students in University of Phayao, which consisted of knowledge, practice skill, and attitude were at a high level; 2) As a whole, the health behaviors of male and female students were different., The female students’ practice skill and attitude on health behaviors were higher than the male ones at the statistically significant level of .05; and 3) The comparison of health behaviors of undergraduate students level at the statistically significant level of .05 was found that the first-year, third-year and fourth-year students had higher practice skill and attitude than the second-year students did.
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