Causal Relationship Model of the Learning Happiness Among Clinical Dental Students in Higher Education Institutions of Thailand
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This study aimed to investigate the factors that influenced the happiness of clinical dental students in higher education institutions in Thailand. A total of 368 student samples were randomly selected by multi-stage sampling. Data were collected through the questionnaire. Descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation, Exploratory factor analysis, Confirmatory factor analysis and Structural equation modelling (SEM) were used for the data analysis. The results indicated that the learning happiness of clinical dental students was influenced by social support and psychological capital (path coefficient of 0.82 and 0.54, respectively). Both variables were able to explain approximately 84.0 per cent of the variance in learning happiness among the samples. Besides, it was found that social support influenced both psychological capital and self-esteem (path coefficient of 0.66 and 0.54, respectively). Furthermore, the data showed that psychological capital had an influence on self-esteem (path coefficient of 0.59). Evidently, social support variables had the most influence on students’ learning happiness, which included support from teachers, family, and friends. Therefore, this factor should be advocated for clinical dental students in terms of emotional support, instrumental and service support, and informational support to ensure that they can study and work happily in a clinic.
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