this study discovers the lived experienced of spiritual health perceived bu Thai people based on Heideggerian phenomenology . The findings from this study suggest a variety of implications and recommendations for promoting spiritual health. However , this chapter will present four parts. The first part is a conclusion of the study. the second part provides implications of the study. the third part is recommendations and the limitations of the study are described in the last part
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CHAPTER 5
FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FURTHER RESEARCH
Pla Boo Thong is a Thai folktale that has been told from generation to
generation. As a classic Thai children’s picture book, Pla Boo Thong has been valued
in terms of virtue of filial obedience of the protagonist Auey. In contemporary
literature, however, many authors have studied the simple framework of fairy tales for
various reasons, ranging from examining the human condition to emphasizing modern
issues such as abusive treatment of parents to children and feminist reevaluations of
predominantly masculine-dominated fairy tales (Zipes, 1998; Pilinovsky, 2001; Rios,
2006). Therefore, it is worthwhile to study Thai children’s books from other aspects
other than the conventional one. In this study, the elements of verbal and visual
languages of the presentations of the leading characters were studied to demonstrate
the construction of parental-child power relations and potential child abuse in all 3
versions of Pla Boo Thong by Pattanasuksa (2005), Thaiwatanapanich (2005), and
Aksorncharoentat (2006).
Verbal Language
The study showed that the verb choices in the speech of the main characters in
all 3 versions of Pla Boo Thong indicate the power and superiority of the adults and
the powerlessness and inferiority of the children. The book is filled with verbs used
by adults to reprimand, command, permit, and instruct and the children’s non-verbal