Sawaeng Thaweekoon.  1995.  Psychologcal Traits Training For the Prevention of Violence Behavior in
Vocational College Students.  Dissertation, M.S (Behavioral Science) Behavioral Science Research Institute. 


              The main purposes of this study were two folds. Firstly, to search for highly efficient means of traits
trainings for the prevention of violent behavior in vocational college students. Secondly, to identify the type of
students which would benefit the most from eacch 
type of training. Some initial characteristics of  the students intelligence quotient, mental health, moral reasoning and
internal locus of control were also taken in to consideration. 
               The sample in this study consited of  105 vocational college students. These students were newly
enrollment. Prior to the training, the four psychological traits were assessed. The students were then randomly
assigned to one of the four type of training  group in the experiment. The first experimental group got both type of
training, namely, the attilude toward violent behavior training and the future orientation. The second experimental
group was trained attitude toward violent behavior. The third experimental group was trained future orientation. The
fourth group, the control group, took a regular training course which did not emphasis on the experimental type of
contents. 
                Different type of questionniares were designed to assess the following level of psychological traits
and behavior for the prevention of violent behavior : the attitude toward violence behavior future orientation, the
potentiality to avoid violent behavior and the favorable peer experiences. The measures were administered
immediately after the training. 
                There were 3 major findings in this study. The first was that the attitude training could directly benefit the
attitude toward violent behavior, and the future orientation training also directly benefit the future orientation.
Appaarently, on type of psychological traits training could extent its effect to another psychological traits in some
subgroup of subjects. It was no interaction effect between the two types of training. 
                The socond, it was found that the students who possessed higher level of initial psychological traits could
benefit from both types of trainings more than those who possessed in the lower level. 
                The third, in the attitude training group, the six initial psychological trait variables rvealed highly
prediction power of the amount of the potentiality to avoid violent behavior (the predictive value was 84%) and the
favorable peer experiences (the predictive value was 54%) correspondingly. Futre orientation and moral reasoning
were the impartant predictive variables. 
                Consequently, two recommendations were offerred (1) The training of psychological traits for the
prevention of violent behavior should be manipulated in the students who possessed higher level of initial (2) the
attetude training to promote the potentiality to avoid violent behavior and the fovorable peer experiences should been
ployed in the group with higher level of future orientation and moral reasoning traits. 

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