Effectiveness of philosophy education on the development of moral judgment, prosocial behavior and anger control in the students in Ahwaz city

The aim of the present study was to determine effectiveness of teaching philosophy for children (P4C) on the growth of moral judgment, prosocial behavior and inhibition of anger in Ahwaz city students. The research method was pre-test, post-test with control group, and follow-up. The participants of...

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Main Authors: Mahrokh Faraji, Behnam Makvandi, Saeed Bakhtiyar Pour, Zahra Eftekhar Saadi, Parvin Ehteshamzadeh
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Published: University of Sistan and Baluchestan 2020-03-01
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Online Access:https://jeps.usb.ac.ir/article_5148_a3317eeea8789e6c9069f2740b076151.pdf
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author Mahrokh Faraji
Behnam Makvandi
Saeed Bakhtiyar Pour
Zahra Eftekhar Saadi
Parvin Ehteshamzadeh
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description The aim of the present study was to determine effectiveness of teaching philosophy for children (P4C) on the growth of moral judgment, prosocial behavior and inhibition of anger in Ahwaz city students. The research method was pre-test, post-test with control group, and follow-up. The participants of the study consisted of all second-grade secondary school students in Ahwaz city in the academic year of 2016-2017. Using multi-stage cluster random sampling, 40 students were selected from 160 students and randomly were assigned into experiments (n=20) and control (n=20) groups. The experimental group was subjected to teaching philosophy for children for 2 months (10 sessions, once a week for 90 minutes) and the control group did not receive any intervention, after the post-test program and one and a half months after the intervention, a follow-up phase was performed. The tools used for data, Lotf Abadi's Moral Development Questionnaire (2007), Prosocial Behavior Questionnaire of Carole et al. (2003) and Eysenck & Wilson's aggression questionnaire (1975). Data analysis was using multivariate covariance analysis (MANCOVA) and ANCOVA single-variable. The results showed that the teaching of philosophy affects the moral judgment development، prosocial behavior and anger control in students, and this result was persistent during the follow up phase (p < 0.001). The teaching of philosophy increased the power of moral judgment in children, in addition, improved communication, social responsibility and anger control.
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spelling doaj.art-84404173553b470e96f8da9d5f7fcbf32023-03-16T08:16:34ZfasUniversity of Sistan and Baluchestanمطالعات روانشناسی تربیتی2228-66832783-52352020-03-0116369712210.22111/jeps.2019.51485148Effectiveness of philosophy education on the development of moral judgment, prosocial behavior and anger control in the students in Ahwaz cityMahrokh Faraji0Behnam Makvandi1Saeed Bakhtiyar Pour2Zahra Eftekhar Saadi3Parvin Ehteshamzadeh4Ph.D. student, Department of Psychology, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, IranAssistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran.Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, IranAssistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, IranAssistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, IranThe aim of the present study was to determine effectiveness of teaching philosophy for children (P4C) on the growth of moral judgment, prosocial behavior and inhibition of anger in Ahwaz city students. The research method was pre-test, post-test with control group, and follow-up. The participants of the study consisted of all second-grade secondary school students in Ahwaz city in the academic year of 2016-2017. Using multi-stage cluster random sampling, 40 students were selected from 160 students and randomly were assigned into experiments (n=20) and control (n=20) groups. The experimental group was subjected to teaching philosophy for children for 2 months (10 sessions, once a week for 90 minutes) and the control group did not receive any intervention, after the post-test program and one and a half months after the intervention, a follow-up phase was performed. The tools used for data, Lotf Abadi's Moral Development Questionnaire (2007), Prosocial Behavior Questionnaire of Carole et al. (2003) and Eysenck & Wilson's aggression questionnaire (1975). Data analysis was using multivariate covariance analysis (MANCOVA) and ANCOVA single-variable. The results showed that the teaching of philosophy affects the moral judgment development، prosocial behavior and anger control in students, and this result was persistent during the follow up phase (p < 0.001). The teaching of philosophy increased the power of moral judgment in children, in addition, improved communication, social responsibility and anger control.https://jeps.usb.ac.ir/article_5148_a3317eeea8789e6c9069f2740b076151.pdfteaching philosophy for children (p4c)moral judgmentprosocial behavioranger controlstudents
spellingShingle Mahrokh Faraji
Behnam Makvandi
Saeed Bakhtiyar Pour
Zahra Eftekhar Saadi
Parvin Ehteshamzadeh
Effectiveness of philosophy education on the development of moral judgment, prosocial behavior and anger control in the students in Ahwaz city
مطالعات روانشناسی تربیتی
teaching philosophy for children (p4c)
moral judgment
prosocial behavior
anger control
students
title Effectiveness of philosophy education on the development of moral judgment, prosocial behavior and anger control in the students in Ahwaz city
title_full Effectiveness of philosophy education on the development of moral judgment, prosocial behavior and anger control in the students in Ahwaz city
title_fullStr Effectiveness of philosophy education on the development of moral judgment, prosocial behavior and anger control in the students in Ahwaz city
title_full_unstemmed Effectiveness of philosophy education on the development of moral judgment, prosocial behavior and anger control in the students in Ahwaz city
title_short Effectiveness of philosophy education on the development of moral judgment, prosocial behavior and anger control in the students in Ahwaz city
title_sort effectiveness of philosophy education on the development of moral judgment prosocial behavior and anger control in the students in ahwaz city
topic teaching philosophy for children (p4c)
moral judgment
prosocial behavior
anger control
students
url https://jeps.usb.ac.ir/article_5148_a3317eeea8789e6c9069f2740b076151.pdf
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