Moral Judgment in Students with and without Intellectual Disability

• Main Authors: mohammadmehdi teimori, shahla alborzi, ghorban hemati, fariba khoshbakht
• Format: Article
• Language: fas
• Published: Allameh Tabataba'i University Press 2015-01-01
• Series: Ravānshināsī-i Afrād-i Istis̠nāyī
• Subjects: moral judgment; students; intellectual disability
• Online Access: http://jpe.atu.ac.ir/article_1441_0dad325c0419290cdb7270a442adc462.pdf

The purpose of the present study was to compare moral judgment in students with and without intellectual disability in Shiraz. The research method was causal-comparative, and the statistical population included the secondary students with and without intellectual disability ageing 16 years old. The sample size was 160 students (80 with intellectual disability and 80 without intellectual disability). These students were selected by a cluster sampling method. The Moral Judgment Scale was used to measure moral judgment. The collected data were analyzed by t-test, MANOVA and two-way ANOVA. The results indicated that there was a significant difference between the two groups in the total scores of moral judgment and its dimensions (p<0.01). Also, the results showed that there were no significant differences between males and females in this respect (p>0.05).According to the findings, it is suggested that any plan to promote and internalize students' moral values ​​must be considered based on their cognitive development level, because there is a relationship between moral and cognitive development of students.