Moral character of Muslim personality: scale validation
Psychological personality theorists had something to say about morality, but the topic of Islamic morality remains largely unstudied. This study investigates the indicators of the Moral Character of Muslim Personality (MCMP) as given in the context of Qur’anic verses. The results of Confirmatory F...
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| author | Al-Ammar, Fawziah Ahmed Mohamed, Ismaiel Hassanein Nordin, Mohamad Sahari |
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| description | Psychological personality theorists had something to say about morality, but the topic of Islamic morality
remains largely unstudied. This study investigates the indicators of the Moral Character of Muslim Personality
(MCMP) as given in the context of Qur’anic verses. The results of Confirmatory Factor Analyses on data
collected from 312 Yemeni secondary school teachers confirm eight dimensionalities of MCMP. These constructs cooperation, striving with wealth and self, reconciliation, voluntary charity, truth, fulfilling promises,forgivingness, and steadfastness) were operated and tested. The eight character traits were found to be grouped under one rubric of MCMP. The findings of the study establish psychometrically sound instrument derived from
Islamic theory. There are several implications from the study that call for further research. |
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| spelling | iium-280742021-07-28T13:48:49Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/28074/ Moral character of Muslim personality: scale validation Al-Ammar, Fawziah Ahmed Mohamed, Ismaiel Hassanein Nordin, Mohamad Sahari LB1050.9 Educational psychology Psychological personality theorists had something to say about morality, but the topic of Islamic morality remains largely unstudied. This study investigates the indicators of the Moral Character of Muslim Personality (MCMP) as given in the context of Qur’anic verses. The results of Confirmatory Factor Analyses on data collected from 312 Yemeni secondary school teachers confirm eight dimensionalities of MCMP. These constructs cooperation, striving with wealth and self, reconciliation, voluntary charity, truth, fulfilling promises,forgivingness, and steadfastness) were operated and tested. The eight character traits were found to be grouped under one rubric of MCMP. The findings of the study establish psychometrically sound instrument derived from Islamic theory. There are several implications from the study that call for further research. www.iiste.org 2012 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/28074/1/28074_FawziaJEdPractice.pdf Al-Ammar, Fawziah and Ahmed Mohamed, Ismaiel Hassanein and Nordin, Mohamad Sahari (2012) Moral character of Muslim personality: scale validation. Journal of Education and Practice, 3 (16). pp. 118-128. ISSN ISSN 2222-1735 (Paper) ISSN 2222-288X (Online) |
| spellingShingle | LB1050.9 Educational psychology Al-Ammar, Fawziah Ahmed Mohamed, Ismaiel Hassanein Nordin, Mohamad Sahari Moral character of Muslim personality: scale validation |
| title | Moral character of Muslim personality: scale validation |
| title_full | Moral character of Muslim personality: scale validation |
| title_fullStr | Moral character of Muslim personality: scale validation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Moral character of Muslim personality: scale validation |
| title_short | Moral character of Muslim personality: scale validation |
| title_sort | moral character of muslim personality: scale validation |
| topic | LB1050.9 Educational psychology |
| url | http://irep.iium.edu.my/28074/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/28074/1/28074_FawziaJEdPractice.pdf |