Development of Moral Root Scale for Primary School Students

Background The present research aimed to develop the Moral Root Scale (MRS) for primary school students. Methods First, item analysis and latent construct determination were performed. A total of 278 children participated in the sample for item analysis and exploratory factor analysis. For this, 13 items were subjected to item analysis and 2 items were excluded from the rest of the analysis. A single factor structure with 11 items was identified and accounted for 50% of total variance. The single factor structure was tested with participation of 124 primary school students and confirmatory factor analysis revealed that the MRS had good model fit indices. Convergent validity was conducted through average variance extracted and examination of correlation with MIT with participation of 139 primary school students. Reliability analysis proved that the MRS is a reliable instrument. Conclusion Overall results indicate that the MRS is a reliable and valid instrument to measure moral roots in primary school students.