A STUDY OF THE USE OF KHON FORPROMOTING WELLBEING OFMALE INMATES IN CENTRAL CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION FOR YOUNG OFFENDERS,PATHUM THANI

Abstract

This research aims to study the use of Khon for promoting well-being of male inmates in
Central Correctional Institution for young offenders, PathumThani. It focuses on investigating
Khon’s styleto promote well-being of male inmates in Central Correctional Institution for
young offenders, PathumThani, comparing before and after results and studying male inmates’
satisfaction towards Khon for promoting well-being.The results are as follows. Khon’s styleto
promote well-being of male inmates in Central Correctional Institution for young offenders,
PathumThani, has been divided into 3 parts. In order to create activities which, help promote
well-being, movement principles, the traditional Khon’s practices, and groupprocess
methodhave been applied. The activities were focused more onthe performance rather than
skills. The program occurred twice a week for 6 weeks, each time for 1 and a half hours,
altogether 12 times. The before and after results of using Khon for promoting well-being of
male, it was discovered that the negative mean score of well-being was lower than the positive
mean score after experimenting with the use of Khon to promote well-being at 43.80 with the
statistical significance at .05 level. For male inmates’ satisfaction towards Khon for promoting
well-being, it was discovered that male inmates were generally satisfied with the mean at4.43,
and the standard deviation at 0.58, which was considered as high level.