Volume : 4, Issue : 7, July - 2015

A STUDY OF INFLUENCE OF MORAL JUDGEMENT WITH ECONOMIC POSITION OF THE FAMILY AND SOCIO ECONOMIC STATUS OF NINTH STANDARD STUDENTS

Dr. S. S. Moses Isaiah

Abstract :

<p>Moral development is itself an omnibus term containing a number of related ideas. There is interplay between the quantitative and qualitative elements which makes it difficult to analyze this development with complete certainty but in general one may trace a frame work of moral growth through a series of sequential, qualitatively different stages and also along a line of growth marked by quantitatively increasing stability and complexity. The main objective of the present study is to study the influence of economic position of the family and socio economic status on the moral judgement of ninth standard students. Moral judgement questionnaire developed by Srinivasa Rao, R., Dayakara Reddy, V and Geethanath, P. S (1987) was adopted. A sample of 900 Ninth standard students representing all categories of schools in selected Districts of Andhra Pradesh by following the standardized procedures. Factorial design was employed for analysis of the data. There is significant influence of economic position of the family at 0.05 level and socio economic status at 0.01 level of significant influence on the moral judgement of ninth standard students.</p>