STRESS ASSESSMENTOF MERCHANT MARINE CADETS: A CASE STUDY OF MERCHANT MARINE TRAINING CENTER, MARINE DEPARTMENT MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to evaluate the stress of merchant marine cadets, and to propose a stress relief guideline for the merchant marine cadets. A case study of the Merchant Marine Training Center, Marine Department with 319 merchant marine cadets using the simple random sampling method. The research method is applied with questionnaire survey. The analytical statistics are used the frequency distribution, percentage, average, and standard deviation. The research results shown that the samples of male are 96.89%, 51.10% in the age 21-30 years old, 99.37% in bachelor’s degree, and 55.49% that are never trained at sea. The overall stress level in the 5 categories are shown the medium level. The class and activity factors are presented in the highest with a medium effect (  = 3.05, SD = 1.17), followed by the environment factor, personal factor and family factor respectively (  = 2.72 SD = 1.17,  = 2.64 SD = 1.14 and = 2.46 SD = 1.02). The interpersonal relation factor is shown the lowest in the stress level (  = 2.17, SD = 1.07). The stress management guideline for the high-highest stress levels are presented for solving the stress of merchant marine cadets. There are 4 points as follows: 1) The expectation of a better family well-being, 2) High expectation for oneself cannot reach the goal, 3) Excessive activities lead to less rest, and 4) English causes a high level of stress.