PROSOCIAL MORAL REASONING AND PROSOCIAL BEHAVIOUR OF GRADE 10 STUDENTS IN TAMU TOWNSHIP
Abstract
- The main aim of this study is to explore the prosocial moral reasoning and prosocial behaviour of Grade 10 students in Tamu Township, Sagaing Region. Quantitative research design and descriptive survey method were taken in this study. Total of 636 (male = 301, female = 335) Grade 10 students were selected as participants from four high schools and two high schools (branch) by using simple random sampling technique. As research instruments, prosocial reasoning objective measure (PROM) and prosocial tendencies measure – revised (PTM - R) were adapted and applied. According to the descriptive statistics, the results showed that students’ prosocial moral reasoning and prosocial behaviour were satisfactory. Again, independent samples t test showed that female students were better in prosocial moral reasoning than males, but no significant difference found in prosocial behaviour by gender. According to locality effect, independent sample t test results indicated that urban students were better in prosocial moral reasoning and prosocial behaviour than rural ones. Related to birth order position, ANOVA results indicated that first-born and last-born students were better in prosocial behaviour than only child, but no significant difference was found in prosocial moral reasoning. Moreover, students’ prosocial moral reasoning was positively correlated with prosocial behaviour (r = .25, p < .01). According to these findings, this study highlights the fact that prosocial moral reasoning may influence the improvement of students’ prosocial behaviour.
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Year
- 2020
Author
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Ei Ei Mon
Subject
- Educational Psychology
Publisher
- Myanmar Academy of Arts and Science (MAAS)