RESULTS OF ORGANIZING GUIDANCE ACTIVITIES TO DEVELOP STRESS MANAGEMENT CONTINUING EDUCATION AT THE HIGHER EDUCATION LEVEL OF STUDENTS IN MATHAYOM 6 PHATONG PRATHAN KHIRIWAT SCHOOL

Abstract

This research aimed to 1) compare the stress management ability of students before and after using the guidance activity set and 2) compare the stress management ability of students who used the guidance activity set to develop stress management ability with the group who used the regular guidance activities. The sample group in this research was Mathayom 6 students in the 2024 academic year at Patongpratrankiriwat School, with a total of 70 students, divided into an experimental group of 35 students and a control group of 35 students. The research instruments were the stress management ability test, the guidance activity set to develop stress management ability, and the regular guidance activity set. The data were analyzed using mean, standard deviation, and t-test. The results of the research found that 1) after the experiment, the students who used the guidance activity set had a higher stress management ability than before the experiment with a statistical significance level of .01, and 2) the students in the guidance activity set group had a higher stress management ability than the group who used the regular guidance activities with a statistical significance level of .01.