Life assets profiles (Positive youth development) of preteen

Abstract

Objective  To survey the life assets of preteen in Thai community and to investigate the relationship between personal information and life assets.

Materials and methods  The 1,181 participants, obtaining by 4 stratified sampling from 9 provinces (6 regions) of Thailand community. The completed the life assets questionnaire (adjusted version) by self-report. Data was analyzed for calculating scores of each power of life assets by descriptive statistic. Association between life assets and personal factors were analyzed by chi-square.

Results  The overall life assets level of participants was moderate. A detailed examination of 5 facets indicated that power of wisdom was good (score=73.5) and power of family, self, peer and community was moderate. The power of community was the lowest score (score=62.7) in the 5 facets of life assets. Association factors, i.e., gender, religion, parental status and regions of country were significantly related to pass score except the habitat.

Conclusion The overall life assets level of preteen in Thai community was moderate. Gender, religious, birth order  and regions of country associated with passing score of life assets. This data would take notice of the situation and take part in creating necessary life assets for each preteen community.