A STUDY OF INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS OF GRADUATE DIPLOMA PROGRAM STUDENTS OF THE ACADEMIC TAPEE UNIVERSITY

Abstract

This research aimed to analyze the level of interpersonal relationship skills of the Graduate Diploma Program students in Teaching Profession at Tapee University. The sample group used in this research consisted of 30 students in the Graduate Diploma Program in Teaching Profession, Tapee University, selected by cluster sampling. The instrument was the Interpersonal Relationship Assessment Scale. The statistics were mean, standard deviation and t-test. The research results found that (1) students in the Graduate Diploma in Teaching Profession Program at Tapee University demonstrated an overall high level of interpersonal relationship skills, when considering the skills in building interpersonal relationships in each skill, it was found that teamwork skills had the highest mean score, followed by adaptability skills, planning skills, communication skills, leadership skills, and learning skills, respectively, and all skills have a high average value. (2) Female students in the Graduate Diploma in Teaching Profession Program at Tapee University had a higher average level of interpersonal relationship skills than male students; however, the difference was not statistically significant. When examining each specific interpersonal skill, female students scored significantly higher in planning skills than male students at the .05 level of significance. For communication skills, adaptation skills, and learning skills, female students had higher average scores than male students, but these differences were not statistically significant. In contrast, male students had higher average scores in leadership skills and teamwork skills than female students, although these differences were also not statistically significant.