Moral Intelligence and Designing its Initial Test Based on Islamic Sources

The present study aims at investigating components of moral intelligence and constructing the initial test based on Islamic sources. It is of fundamental research type wherein the content analysis has been used. The statistical society of the research consisted of all students in Imam Khomeini Educaional and Research Institute as well as the seminary students in Jame’a al-Zahra in 1395-1396 SH educational year. 100 subjects were selected through available sampling method. After studying, note-taking, organizing and analyzing Islamic and psychological sources, the researcher has analyzed the most important moral virtues. The components of moral intelligence mounted to 17 items based on the criteria of goodness, nobility and excellence in the sphere of morality, and were classified into three groups of divine, individual and social components. To investigate the extent to which the Islamic texts conform to the components of moral intelligence, we used the experts’ opinions. 90.5 and 75.87 percent of the experts agreed that the texts conform to the components; and this shows the desirable validity of the content. To assess the validity of the criterion, that test along with the Moral Competency Inventory (MCI) were conducted. The correlation at 0.84 shows the high validity of the test. The components of the Islamic test on moral intelligence were highly correlated with the whole test but with a low positive correlation with one another; this shows the validity of the test construct. The reliability of the test by the internal consistency of the questionnaire was measured through Cronbach’s alpha to be at 0.96. Splitting the test led to a reliability of about 0.93 and 0.95. The results showed that the initial test of moral intelligence based on Islamic sources enjoys a desirable validity and reliability.