The Attitudes of Mahidol University International College Students toward the Wearing of Uniforms

Abstract

          The purpose of wearing Uniforms regarding the university regulation is to cultivate discipline and responsibility for students and to be proud as Mahidol university students. However, students nowadays tend to wear inappropriate uniforms. They tend to wear shirts without tucking in shirttails, short skirts, jeans, and sandals.

          The study of the attitude of Mahidol University International College students toward wearing uniforms is aimed to study the attitudes, the factors and the behavior of Mahidol University International College students in wearing uniforms. The study was a survey research which targeted students from all classes: freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors. The stratified random sampling technique was used to sample 462 students. The questionnaire was the tool used to collect the data. Data was analyzed through frequency distribution, percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test, one way analysis of variance.  The results indicated that lecturers were the main factor, which influenced the students to wear proper uniform, followed by family, the college campaign, friends and their own motivation respectively. Furthermore, it was found that the differences in age, year of enrollment, major, and accommodation, significantly affected the attitudes of the students toward wearing uniforms (p<0.5). On the other hand, gender, monthly expense and grade point average (GPA) differences did not have an impact on the attitudes of the students toward wearing uniforms.