The level of moral intelligence among students of Egyptian and Saudi Universities (Cross-cultural study)

Abstract

Khaled Ahmed Ibrahim and Salama Aqeel Al-mehsin

The present study aimed to detect the differences between the average grades of students in the Faculty of Education at Sohag University and the average grades of students in the College of Education at Sattam bin Abdulaziz University on the moral IQ scale. To achieve this, the researchers built a moral intelligence scale. The study sample was of (426) female students from the College of Education, of whom 218 female students from the Faculty of Education at Sohag University and (208) female students from the Faculty of Education at Sattam bin Abdulaziz University. Results revealed that the average of moral intelligence of students in the Faculty of Education at Sohag University in general was moderate except the sympathy dimension, where it got a high degree, while the average of moral intelligence of students in the Faculty of Education at Sattam bin Abdul-Aziz University in general was moderate except tolerance dimension, where it got a high degree.The results indicated that there are statistically significant differences between mean scores of students of the Faculty of Education at Sohag University and average grades of students of the Faculty of Education at Prince Sattam bin Abdul-Aziz University in sympathy dimension in favor of students of the Faculty of Education at Sohag University. There are statistically significant differences between mean scores of students at the Faculty of Education at Sohag University and average grades of students at the Faculty of Education at Prince Sattam bin Abdul-Aziz University in the tolerance dimensionin favor of students of the Faculty of Education at Prince Sattam bin Abdul Aziz University.As the results indicated that there were no statistically significant differences in the degree of moral intelligence of students in the Faculty of Education of Sohag University. And students of the Faculty of Education at Sattam bin Abdulaziz University attributed to the school level.