The Study of Adversity Quotient of Students in Faculty of Industrial Education and Technology, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi

The purposes of this research were to study the adversity quotient and to compare population characteristics with the adversity quotient of students in Faculty of Industrial Education and Technology, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi. This research used survey method and the data were collected from 305 students in Faculty of Industrial Education and Technology, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi. Data analysis was done by statistical parameters were frequency distribution, percentage, mean, standard deviation, t – test, one-way ANOVA (F-test) and multiple comparison (LSD). The research results showed that 1) the total mean score of adversity quotient was at the high level (  = 3.79, SD = 0.45), namely ownership (  = 3.87, SD = 0.48), endurance (  = 3.79, SD = 0.39), control (  = 3.77, SD= 0.45), and reach (  = 3.71, SD= 0.42), respectively.   2) The result in comparison of the different population characteristics with the adversity quotient, which was significant at the level of 0.05, it was found that, The female had adversity quotient different from male, the different ages, the different departments, the different parental occupations, and the different family incomes had different adversity quotient, however, there were no different adversity quotient in different family status variables.