Abstract

The study aimed to investigate the effects of participation in activities organized by the Sarong ConservationClub on Islamic behavior of youth in Ban Sarong, Khao Tum Sub-district, Yarang District, Pattani Province. Thestudy applied a true control group pretest and posttest design with 70 youths selected using purposive samplingfrom youths with low and high scores obtained from answering questions in an Islamic behavioral appraisalinstrument. The youths were divided into an experimental group consisting of 35 youths who participated inactivities organized by the Sarong Conservation Club (youths with low scores) and a control group consisting of35 youths who participated in religious activities organized by the mosque (youths with high scores). Theexperiment was performed according to plan from January 2014 to July 2014. The data were analyzed usingindependent samples t-test and paired samples t-test.The results of the study revealed that prior to participation the experimental group who participated in activitiesorganized by the Sarong Conservation Club had Islamic behavior at a level that was significantly lower than thecontrol group who participated in religious activities organized by the mosque at the level of .001. However,after participating in activities organized by the Sarong Conservation Club, the experimental group had asignificantly higher level of Islamic behavior than the control group at .01. The youths in the experimental groupwho participated in activities organized by the Sarong Conservation Club, and those in the control group whoparticipated in religious activities organized by the mosque had Islamic behavior at a significantly higher levelthan before their participation in the activities at .001.

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