Moral Intelligence and Its Correation with Self-Wellbeing among Gifted Students in King Abdullah II Schools for Excellence

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قسم الارشاد والتربية الخاصة، کلية العلوم التربوية، جامعة مؤتة، الأردن.

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The present study aimed to reveal the correlation between moral intelligence and self wellbeing among gifted students in King Abdullah II Schools for Excellence and to identify their level of moral intelligence and self wellbeing. The study sample consisted of (200) male and female students at King Abdullah II School for Excellence in Karak Governorate during the academic year 2020-2021. To meet such end, the researchers developed two instruments, anmely moral intelligence and self wellbeing scales and assessed their validity and reliability. The results of the study revealed that there is a direct statistically significant correlation at (α = 0.05) level of significance between moral intelligence and self wellbeing among the study sample. The value of the correlation coefficient was (0.829). The results also showed that the level of moral intelligence was high as the mean score of the responses of the study sample members on the scale of moral intelligence of the gifted students ranged between 3.67 - 4.37. The results also showed that the level of self-contentment was high as the mean scores of the responses of the study sample members ranged, according the scale of self-satisfaction among gifted students, between 3.98 - 4.39. Based on the results of the study, the researchers presented a set of recommendations.

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