Developing, Validation, Reliability and Normalization of Moral Attitude Scale among Adolescents
This study was conducted with the aim of developing, validation, reliability, and normalization of moral attitude scale among adolescents.
The study was carried out in two phases. In the first phase (qualitative part), the existing theoretical foundations of attitude and moral attitude were studied and categorized by the use of the content analysis method. In the second phase (the quantitative part), based on the findings of content analysis, a 36-items scale was developed to measure three identified factors called cognitive, emotional, and behavioral. The research method was descriptive-correlational, and the statistical population included all adolescents of Hamedan in the academic year of 2021-2022. The sample size included 1093 adolescents were randomly selected through multi-stage cluster sampling method, and they completed the researcher-made scale. To examine the validity of the scale, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, content validity method, and concurrent validity, and to investigate the reliability of the scale Cronbach alpha were used.
The results of exploratory factor analysis extracted 3 factors named cognitive, emotional, and behavioral. The estimated Cronbach alpha reliability coefficients for the whole scale was 0.94, and for cognitive, emotional, and behavioral were 0.83, 0.90, and 0.87 respectively. Normative information of this scale is also reported.
According to the results moral attitude Scale has suitable validity and reliability, and can be used in various organization.
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