ปัจจัยทางจิตสังคมที่เกี่ยวข้องกับพฤติกรรมการเรียนตามสมรรถนะวิชาชีพ และความสุขในการเรียนของนิสิตทันตแพทย์

Abstract

(Psychosocial  Factors  Related to the learning to  Professional Competency and Happiness among Dental Students) Abstract   This research aimed to study the interaction between psychosocial factors associated with the behavior of while acquiring professional competency of undergraduate dental students. 280 students of 5th year of the undergraduate dental program were selected. The instrument used in this study was a 6 point rating scale questionnaire measuring 10 variables.  The reliability of each measurement was between .705 to .914. The data were analyzed using; Two-Way Analysis of Variance, Hierarchical Multiple Regression Analysis and Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation. The six key findings showed that: 1) The interaction between emotional quotient and learning environment affected behaviors of overall aspect and in 3 specific aspects; i.e., the professionalism, the basic Science, and the clinical skill of professional competency learning of undergraduate dental students; 2) The interaction between future-orientation and self-control and learning environment affected the learning behaviors in the basic science and the oral health promotion aspects; 3) The interaction between future-orientation and self-control and professionalization of dentistry affected the learning behaviors in the basic science knowledge aspect; 4) The interaction between attitudes toward professional competency learning and learning environment affected the learning behaviors in the professionalism and the basic science knowledge aspect; 5) The 4 psychological factors could increase prediction of the professional competency learning of undergraduate dental students from the 3 social factors in overall and small aspects about 13.40% to 34.60%, with statistically significant at the .05 level; and 6) The behavior of competency learning had positive relationship with happy learning, statistically significant at the .05 level.   Keywords: Psychological factors, Professional competency learning, Happy learning