APPLYING THE KNOWLEDGE OF HONESTY TO THE DAILY LIFE OF YOUTH IN RANONG PROVINCE

The objectives of this research were: 1) to study the level of application of knowledge of honesty in daily life among youth in Ranong province, and 2) to compare the level of the application of knowledge of honesty in daily life among youth in Ranong province classified by personal factors. The sample group used in the research was 400 youths in Ranong province. The statistics used for data analysis were percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test, and analysis of variance. The statistical significance was determined at the 0.05 level. The results of the study showed that most of the youths in Ranong province were females (211 people), most of them were between the ages of 15-18 years old (254 persons), having education level below Mathayom 3 (Junior high school) (149 people), and most of them had been to the moral camp (211 people). The overall level of applying knowledge of honesty in daily life among youth in Ranong province was at a high level in all items (x ̅ = 3.68). If considered on a case-by-case basis, the honesty to others was at the highest level (x ̅ = 3.75), followed by honesty toward duty (x ̅ = 3.67), integrity to oneself (x ̅ = 3.66), and honesty to the community and society (x ̅ = 3.65), respectively.The youth residing in Ranong province with different personal factors had no difference in the level of application of the knowledge of honesty to their daily lives at the statistically significant value of 0.05.