Designing and Constructing Moral commitment (with reference to self & the other)

Moral commitment as an important issue demands more considerations especially in research domains. Given to the necessity of scale development, this research was conducted with the goal of constructing valid and reliable questionnaire for moral commitment assessment. By using random clustering sampling, 278 undergraduate and graduate students of university of Mazandaran were selected. Based on theoretical framework, an initial scale with 35 statements was developed and tested. Data was analyzed by using SPSS 22. To analyze data, factor analysis, correlation and T-test were used. Factor analysis results indicated, two main factors including moral commitment with reference to self (13 items) and the other (12 items) were confirmed. Result of divergent validity was congruent with factor analysis. By using Cronbach alpha coefficient the reliabilities of two factors (0/88 & 0/85) was at the high level. Findings illustrated, this instrument for moral commitment has goodness of fit and could be used in related research.