Factors Related to the Social Intelligence of Undergraduate Students in Kasetsart University, Kamphaeng Saen Campus

Abstract

The purpose of this research were to: 1) examine the social intelligence of undergraduate students 2) analyze the relationship between factors and the social intelligence of undergraduate students and 3) analyze the factors related to the social intelligence of undergraduate students at Kasetsart University, Kamphaeng Saen Campus. The research population was 8,174 undergraduate students studying in year 1 to year 4 in academic year 2021. The cluster random sampling was used to select the sample of 456 students. The research instrument for data collection was a questionnaire. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Pearson's correlation coefficient, and stepwise multiple regression analysis to predict factors related to the social intelligence.

The result revealed that: 1) the social intelligence of undergraduate students was at a high level; 2) the social intelligence had highly positive relationship at the 0.01 level of significance with Coping strategies, Learning behavior, Instructional model, Interpersonal relationship, Communication, Participation in student activities and Prosocial behavior of the social intelligence. and 3) regarding factors related the social intelligence, the results showed that the three aspects - Coping strategies, Interpersonal relationship and Prosocial behavior- could predict the social intelligence of undergraduate students at a rate of 71.90%.