Moral Judgment in Students with and without Intellectual Disability

Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to comparemoral judgment in students with and without intellectual disability in Shiraz. Theresearch method was causal-comparative, and the statistical population includedthe secondary students with and without intellectual disability ageing 16 yearsold. The sample size was 160 students (80 with intellectual disability and 80without intellectual disability). These students were selected by a cluster samplingmethod. The Moral Judgment Scale was used to measure moral judgment. Thecollected data were analyzed by t-test, MANOVA and two-way ANOVA. The resultsindicated that there was a significant difference between the two groups in thetotal scores of moral judgment and its dimensions (p0.05).According to the findings, it is suggested that any plan topromote and internalize students' moral values ​​must be considered based ontheir cognitive development level, because there is a relationship betweenmoral and cognitive development of students.

Keywords

• moral judgment
• students
• intellectual disability