Construction and Validation of Iranian Adolescents’ Morality scale

Saviz, Marzieh; Hejazi, Elahe; Afrooz, GholamAli Afrooz; Salehi, Keyvan

doi:10.22054/jep.2020.44482.2722

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

¹ PhD Student in Educational Psychology, University of Tehran, Iran (Corresponding Author)

² Associate Professor, Department of Educational Counseling and Psychology, University of Tehran, Iran.

³ Assistant Professor, Department of Methods, University of Tehran, Iran.

⁴ Distinguished Professor, Department of Psychology and Exceptional Child Education, University of Tehran, Iran.

https://doi.org/10.22054/jep.2020.44482.2722

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to the effectiveness of ethical intelligence training in educational ethic and educational self-efficacy in tenth grade female students. The research method was experimental with unbalanced control group design. The statistical population consisted of 771 students of 10th grade girl students in zanjan city in the academic year of 2017-2018. 1 experimental group and 1 control group were divided and replaced. Subjects in both groups completed the questionnaires of academic ethics and academic self-efficacy in pre-test and post-test. The experimental group received 11 sessions of 90 minutes of ethical intelligence training while the control group did not receive any intervention. Results of covariance analysis showed that moral intelligence training had an effect on increasing students' academic ethics and academic self-efficacy (P˂0.001). Overall, the results of this study showed that to increase students' academic ethics and academic self-efficacy, using ethical intelligence training is effective.

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