Moral intelligence as a predictor of school discipline behavior in a sample of first year secondary school students in Minia city

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Department of Educational Psychology Faculty of Education Minia University

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The current study aimed to examine a predictive model that includes the seven components of moral intelligence as explained by Borba's theory of moral intelligence (empathy, conscientiousness, self-control, respect, kindness, tolerance, and fairness) and students' gender as predictors of school discipline behavior. The study sample included (121) first year secondary students in villages and city of Minia. Data were collected using the School Discipline Behavior Scale (prepared by the researcher) and the Moral Intelligence Scale (Khalil, 2015). The results showed that there is a statistically significant difference between males and females in school discipline behavior in favor of females. The results of the study also showed that the predictive model, which includes the seven components of moral intelligence (empathy, conscience, self-control, respect, kindness, tolerance, and justice) and gender, was statistically significant. Specifically, the results of the study showed that the dimension of conscience was the strongest predictor of school discipline behavior, followed by the respect dimension, then the fairness dimension, and finally the self-control dimension, but the dimensions of kindness, empathy, and tolerance did not predict statistically significant behavior of school discipline. The results of the study were discussed in the light of Borba's theory of moral intelligence and a deliberate review of the results of previous studies.

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