Abstract:
The research on Factors Affecting Of Students Violence in Samut Prakan Province aimed to study the situation of student violence problems, factors influencing student violence and guidelines for prevention and solutions. This was quantitative and qualitative research. For quantitative research, questionnaire was used as a research tool and the purposive sampling was applied to select sample group from 364 diploma male students. Processed with SPSS. Statistical analysis applied percentage, mean, standard deviation and Chi square at 0.5 level of statistical significance. For qualitative research, observation and in-depth interview were utilized. Sample group consisted of three students with experience in quarrel, three parents, three government agents and three teachers from educational institute, 12 samples in total. Descriptive analysis and content analysis were used to analyze collected data. Findings revealed that the problems of student violence concerned with three main relevant aspects: students, family and environment. Because the students were in early adolescence period, they had both physical and mental change were eager to challenge as well as they lacked of care from family. Moreover, with the corresponding timetable and activities time with the opponent institute and the insufficient of police and administration manpower, they could not stop the situation immediately. That caused the damage to assets and life. It was found that there were eight factors influencing the quarrel in Samut Prakan Province, which were age, time, rational choice, social control,differential association, social born, symbolic interaction and self-control. The guidelines for prevention and solution were to guide family institute, educational institute and relevant organizations to set plan and preventive measurement.