Verbal abuse among student in Ubon Ratchathani province

• Main Author: Tiwawan Ayuwat
• Other Authors: Tunyatorn Insorn
• Language: English
• Published: Mahidol University. Mahidol University Library and Knowledge Center 2023
• Subjects: Verbal Behavior; Verbal self-defense
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/89791
• Institution: Mahidol University

This study aimed to investigate verbal abuse of the students in Ubon Ratchathani Province. The objectives were to find patterns and levels of verbal abuse of the students and to discover factors provoking the students in using verbal abuse. The results can be used to learn ways to prevent and solve verbal abuse of the students effectively. Data were collected from 1,110 students in Ubon Ratchathani Province. The results indicated that the verbal abuse of the students consisted of three aspects: words, intonation, and contents. Based on an overview, verbal abuse behavior was at a low level with the mean at 0.90. When the three aspects were investigated, words were at the highest level with a mean of 1.05, followed with intonation and contents with the mean at 0.96 and 0.78, respectively. Verbal abuse of the students with the highest level of the mean combined with speaking loudly (x̄ =1.67, S.D. x̄ =1.34), reacting with aggressive intonation immediately when someone speaks with aggressive intonation to them (x̄ = 1.49, S.D. =1.34) and arguing immediately when they think other people speak incorrectly (x̄ =1.43, S.D. =1.28). Causal factors affecting verbal abuse were using verbal abuse usage in families, finding verbal abuse from media, using verbal abuse among peers and attitudes toward verbal abuse. Each factor was related to each other and had a causal relationship. This was because using verbal aggression in families directly affected verbal abuse among peers, attitudes towards verbal abuse, and verbal abuse with statistical significance at .01 and with the path coefficient value at 0.38, 0.19, and 0.21 respectively. Findings indicated that verbal abuse was a results as a result of peer verbal abuse usage with statistical significance at .01 and with the path coefficient value at 0.27. Using verbal abuse among peers directly affected attitudes towards verbal abuse with statistical significance at .01 and with the path coefficient value at 0.55. Attitudes toward verbal abuse directly affected verbal abuse with statistical significance at .01 and with the path coefficient value at 0.44.