Construction measures for the moral development scale of students

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Davood  Manavipour ¹ (عضو هیات علمی)

Received: 2012-12-28 Accepted : 2013-01-27 Published : 2013-03-09

Keywords: Students, Keywords: Construction, measuresscale, moral development,

Abstract :

  Abstract This study aims at measuring the construction validity of moral development scale. Theoretical foundationsare the theory of moral development. Items were prepared based on their initial assessment of moral development. The content validitywas investigated through experts' opinion. Some items over 75% were confirmed and chosen. The population consisted of high school students in Tehran. Test reliability coefficient was 0.93. Factor analysis showed that 55 percent of variance in the improvement of the scores can be explained by the scale of moral development. After that, varimax rotation of four major factors were identified and named. Confirmatory factor analysis of indicators of structural equation model testing demonstrated that a model is fit to the data. Finally, this questionnaire can be used to measure the moral development of students and can be used by various researches.

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