EFFECTS OF LEISURE EDUCATION AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF GRADE 9 STUDENTS
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The purpose of this quasi-experimental research was to study the effects of leisure education afterschool program on the quality of life of grade 9 students. Samples were 60 students of Phitsanulok Provincial Administrative Organization Sports Schools. They were selected by the quality of life evaluation questionnaire, and then match - paired sampling into experimental and control groups, 30 for each. The research instruments were: - 1) the quality of life evaluation questionnaire – the content validity was approved by 4 leisure experts (IOC = 0.75 - 1.00) as well as the Cronbach Alpha coefficient correlation reliability was 0.82, and 2) the leisure education afterschool program was approved by 4 leisure experts – the face validity was in the most appropriate level. Data were analyzed by using mean, standard deviation, and t-test.
Findings were found that: - 1) after the experimental group attending the 8-week leisure education afterschool program, there was more quality of life than before attending at the statistic of .05; and 2) after attending the 8 - week leisure education afterschool program, the experimental group had more quality of life than the control group at .05. It can be concluded that the leisure education afterschool program effect on the quality of life of junior high school students. It possesses appropriateness to further application.
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