Examination for Goodness of Fit between Theory of Planned Behavior and Preventive Alcohol Consumption Behavior of Secondary Students in Sangkha District, Surin Province

Abstract

The objective of this research was to determine and examine the relationship of the Theory of Planned Behavior and preventive alcohol consumption behavior of the school secondary students from within and outside the municipality of Sangkha sub-district, Surin province. It was conducted as a de­scriptive cross-sectional research. The sample size was calculated by using an online software. Altogether 429 students were recruited by systematic random sampling method. Data were collected by using ques­tionnaires which were examined for the content validity and reliability with Conbrach’s coefficient of 0.81. Data collection was conducted during 9-13 July 2018. Percentage, mean, standard deviation, me­dian, minimum, maximum, and structural equation modeling (SEM) were used for data analysis. It was found that the Theory of Planned Behavior of preventive alcohol consumption behavior of the secondary students of school and empirical data was not significantly fitted (Chi-square <0.001, root mean square error of approximation ( RMSEA) = 0.05, 95%CI = 0.05-0.06, Akaike information criterion (AIC) = 23028.702, Bayesian information criterion (BIC) = 23349.557, comparative fit index (CFI) = 0.84, Tucker-Lewis index (TLI) = 0.83, standardized root mean square (SRMR) = 0.07). In addition, the preventive alcohol consumption behavior of the secondary students of school was indirectly affected by attitude and reassessment of the reference group for attending the party with alcohol of their students. Therefore, co-activities of students in spare time should be promoted for usefulness and decreasing the alcohol consumption behavior, including group-exercise or musical group or playing music, etc.