Factors Related to Attitude in Environmental Pollutions of Students in Business Administration of Rajamangala University of Technology in Bangkok

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to study the some factors related to attitude in environmental pollutions of students and compare attitude in environmental pollutions of students in faculty of business administration at Rajamangala University of Technology in Bangkok in 6 aspects : environmental pollutions, water pollution, air pollution, noise Pollution, toxic substances pollution and solid waste pollution. The students were classified by gender, academic years, and major subjects. The samples in this research were 1,745 students. The study participates were selected by stratified random sampling. The 30 item tests and 42 item questionnaires of Likert's rating scales were used as the research instrument. Percentage, mean, standard deviation, t -test for independent sample, F -test, "LSD" analysis and multiple correlation (stepwise multiple regression analysis) were statistical methods to analyze data. The results were as follows: 1.Attitude in environmental pollutions of students all aspects were in agreeable levels that noise pollution was the highest, while environmental pollutions and water pollution was in the lowest rank. 2.Media exposure about environmental pollutions of students were in middle level that friend and television was the highest. 3. There was significant difference for media' exposure about environmental pollutions at the 0.05 level among students in different gender and different major subjects. 4. There was significant difference for knowledge about environmental pollutions at the 0.05 level among students in different gender, different academic years and different major subjects. 5. There was significant difference for attitude in environmental pollutions at the 0.05 level among students in different gender, different academic years and different major subjects. 6. The score -weight of knowledge about environmental pollutions and media exposure about environmental pollutions contributed to attitude in environmental pollutions of students with statistically significant at 0.01 level, and then media exposure about environmental pollutions contributed to attitude in environmental pollutions of students higher than knowledge about environmental pollutions.