The Effect of Group Activities on Developing Congruence among Students in the Faculty of Education at Chiang Mai Rajabhat University

Abstract

The objectives of this study were 1) study the level of student congruence, 2) create group activities on developing student congruence, and 3) study the results of group activities on developing student congruence. The experimental group used in this research. Including Student in Faculty of Education, Department of Psychology, Counseling and Guidance Psychology Program, Chiang Mai Rajabhat University, 6 students. who conducted a congruence questionnaire and used the method of selecting an experimental group is purposive selection from the selection criteria. The tools used in the research are group activities on developing student congruence and the congruence questionnaire. Statistics used in data analysis include calculation of the Index of Congruence (IOC), frequency, mean, standard deviation, and comparison of the mean scores of the samples before and after the experiment. Based on the Dependent t-test, The findings revealed which 1) most students had a relatively high level of congruence, accounting for 48%. The second was 32%. The group activities for improving student congruence took place six times, divided into two consecutive weeks. The three-week participation period of the group consisted of 60-90 minutes per event. The size of the group was 6 people, and 3) the experimental group had a congruence score the was different from before entering the experiment with a significant correlation score of 0.05