Empowerment, Psychological Capital, and Psychological Well – Being of Military Officers at Royal Thai Army Chemical Department
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Empowerment, Psychological Capital, Psychological Well – being, Military OfficersAbstract
The objectives of this research were to: 1) study the levels of empowerment, psychological capital, and psychological well-being of military officers; 2) compare the psychological well-being of military officers, classified by personal factors; 3) examine the relationship between empowerment and psychological well-being; and 4) examine the relationship between psychological capital and psychological well-being. The sample consisted of 169 military officers randomly selected using the proportional stratified random sampling. Data were collected using a questionnaire with an IOC value ranging from .67 to 1.00 and an overall Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of .956, and the data were analyzed using a statistical package program. The statistics used were percentages, mean, standard deviation, t-test, and F-test (one-way ANOVA). Post-hoc comparisons were conducted using the Least Significant Difference (LSD) method and Pearson’s Product-Moment Correlation Coefficient. The research findings were as follows: 1) empowerment, psychological capital, and psychological well-being of military officers were at a high level; 2) military officers who had different personal factors including gender, age, educational level, marital status, years of service, rank, income, and department showed no significant difference in psychological well-being; 3) empowerment was positively related to psychological well-being of military officers at a statistically significant level of .01; and 4) psychological capital was positively related to psychological well-being of military officers at a statistically significant level of .01.
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