Contexts for the Formation of Moral Identity of Students

Moral Identity as a path to moral action has been addressed in social psychological theories. Therefore, the aim of this research is qualitative study of how moral identity is formed in high school students of Isfahan city.

The present research has been conducted via qualitative method. The members of field of research were the high school students of Isfahan city who were selected by purposive based sampling until theoretical saturation. Data were gathered by semi-structured interviews and the obtained data were analyzed by thematic analysis.

After the process of coding the data, 5 main themes and 13 subthemes were extracted. Main themes are as follows: family, school, religion, objective cultural capital and political-economical-social macro level.

With regard to the results of research, forming moral identity in high school students is influenced by a set of contexts which are situated in micro, meso and macro levels. Therefore, for improving and reinforcing the moral identity of students it is suggested that transferring of moral meanings be reviewed. Moreover, moral actions of parents, teachers, religious leaders and government officials are very important.