THE EFFECTIVENESS OF GUIDANCE ACTIVITIES BASED ON POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY TO ENHANCE GOAL SETTING IN STUDY AMONG GRADE 12 STUDENTS

Abstract

The objectives of this research were as follows: 1) to study the goal setting in study of grade 12 students and 2) to compare the goal setting in study of grade 12 students before and after participating in the guidance activities based on positive psychology. The samples were divided into 2 groups: 1) Sample group used in the study of the goal setting in study consisted of 263 students in grade 12 students, academic year 2023, Srinakharinwirot University Demonstration School Prasarnmit (Secondary). and the second group was used to enhance the goal setting in study, which considered of 30 students with a score lower than 25th percentile and who voluntarily participated in guidance activities based on positive psychology. The research instruments were 1) goal setting in study scale created by the researcher is a rating scale with 5 levels, 15 items, with the consistency between the questions and the definitions of specific terms being between 0.67 - 1.00. The discriminatory power is between 0.34. – 0.66 and the reliability is 0.88 and 2) A guidance activities based on positive psychology program to enhance the goal setting in study. Data were analyzed using mean, standard deviation and t-test. The results of this study were as follows: 1) The total and each components of the goal setting in study of grade 12 students was at a high level; 2) The goal setting in study of experimental group after the experiment was significantly higher than before the experiment at a level of .05