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Gender and Life Styles: Cross Cultural Research (Thailand Australia) |
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| รหัสดีโอไอ | |
| Creator | Rungson Chomeya |
| Title | Gender and Life Styles: Cross Cultural Research (Thailand Australia) |
| Contributor | Araya Piyakun |
| Publisher | mahasarakham university |
| Publication Year | 2563 |
| Journal Title | Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Journal Vol. | 39 |
| Journal No. | 3 |
| Page no. | .81-91 |
| Keyword | Lifestyles, Gender, Cross Cultural Research, Thailand, Australia |
| URL Website | https://hujmsu.msu.ac.th/journal.php |
| Website title | Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences |
| ISSN | 2672-9743 |
| Abstract | The purposes of this study were: 1) to examine the six lifestyles of Australian and Thai male and female students in total and in each style, and 2) to compare the students' lifestyles across genders (male and female) and across countries (Australia and Thailand). The participants of the study consisted of 213 students (112 Thai students and 101 Australian students). The instruments included the lifestyles questionnaire which involved six types of lifestyles.The questionnaire reliability measured by Cronbach's alpha coefficient was 0.79.The statistics used in the study were mean, standard deviation, and t-test. The results revealed that: 1. The Australian male participants had overall lifestyles at a moderate level, same as the female participants. However, the healthy lifestyle of the male participants was at a high level. Bothgenderspreferredthehealthylifestyle. Whilethe maleshadtrendylifestyleatalowest level, the females showed conservative lifestyle at a lowest. The participants in both genders had the overall lifestyles at a moderate level, but conservative lifestyle and homey lifestyle were found at a high level. The male participants had the high level of conservative lifestyle and lowest levelofnightgoinglifestyle.TheThai femaleparticipantshadthehighest levelofhealthy lifestyles and lowest level of conservative lifestyle, similar to Australian females. 2.There was thestatistically significantdifferencebetweenThaiand Australianstudents at 0.05. However, for the healthy lifestyle, it was found no difference between Thai and Australian male participants. Interestingly, the Thai participants had more apparent lifestyles than Australianparticipants inoverallandeachtypeof lifestyles,butnot fornightgoinglifestyle. The healthy lifestyle of Australian female participants was higher than Thai participants. |
