Research Abstrat No. 68 
                             Srinakharinwirot University Environmental Situations 
                                      Related to Students' Lrarning Stress Conditions 
                                                                          By 
                                           Associate Professor Ashara Sucaromana 
                                              Dr.Pannee  Boonprakob 


                  The research objectives were twofold :   firstly, to study the relationship between the
environmental factors (instruction, peer relationships, administration, and buildings and places on campus)  and students'
learning stress, the second objective was to predict the variances among the environmental factors-instruction, peer
relationship, 
administration,buildings and places, and students' learning stress. 
                    Samples were  taken from the whole undergraduate and graduate population   (a total of 879 students) 
who studied in each field, and in each faculty of SWU, during the academic year of 1997.  These samples were selected
by using multistage random sampling.  Research instruments were composed of two tests and one questionnaire namely
Students' learning Stress Test, the SWU Environment Situation Test, and the questionnaire on Biosocial Characteristics. 
                  Data analysis was conducted by employing the SPSS/PC program.  Statistical techniques adopted were
Pearson's Product Moment Correlation Coefficient (used for analyzing the relationship between the SWU environmental
situation and Students' learning  stress)   and Multiple Regression Analysis used for predicting students' learning stress via
various kinds of environmental variables. 

Research Conclusions : 
                     1. The study on the relationship between the SWU environmental situation and students' learning stress
found that the environmental situation of buildings and places were significantly negative in relation to students' stress at
level .001.  In addition, the other environmental situations and in total related nonsignificantly to students' learning stress. 
                     2. When predicting students' stress by using  various  SWU environmental situation variables, it was found
that these variables (buildings and places, administration, peer relationships, and instruction)  could co-predict students'
stress with a 2.7% power of prediction.  The environmental situation variable of buildings and places showed the highest
power of prediction of 1.3%.  It was also found that the other three variables :  buildings and places, administration, and
peer relationships could have an effect on students' stress. 

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