Prediction of moral identity based on personality traits and self-regulation in secondary school students

Mahdi Shirzadeh¹ Zahra Mozafari Bi Safar²

1) Master s degree in educational psychology, Urmia University, Iran
2) Master s degree in educational psychology, Urmia University, Iran

IOI Code : XEFZ-HBABB
Publication : The Second National Conference on Psychotherapy in Iran(incpuma2.ir)
Abstract :
    The main goal of the present study was to explain the contribution of personality traits and self-regulation in predicting moral identity. The method of this research was descriptive and correlational. The statistical population included second year high school students of Urmia city (15,672), from which a sample of 372 people was selected by cluster random method. Information was collected through questionnaires of moral identity (Aquino and Reed), personality traits (Costa and McCree) and self-regulation and was analyzed step by step using descriptive statistics, significance test of correlation coefficients and regression. Pearson s correlation results showed that moral identity has an inverse and significant relationship with neuroticism and a positive and significant relationship with self-regulation and extroversion. Only the adaptability dimension of personality traits could predict 6% of moral identity and also self-regulation predicted 3% of moral identity. Therefore, it can be concluded that self-regulation and personality traits play an important role in the moral identity of secondary school students.

Keywords : moral identity personality traits self regulation