The Role of the Psychological Counselor in Developing Moral Values of Students in Secondary Schools

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Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, College of Education, King Khalid University, KSA.

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 This study aimed to determine the role of the psychological counselor in developing moral values. In addition, the purpose of this study was to ascertain the reality that psychological counselors possess counseling competence and the level of moral values of students. This study used the descriptive approach, relying on a questionnaire to collect data from members of the study sample. The number of participants was 1,851 teachers who worked in males’ secondary schools in the Asir region during the second semester of the 2023 academic year. The research also relied on mean scores, standard deviations, one-way analysis of variance, and linear regression to analyze the data. The results revealed that the counseling competence of the psychological counselors and the level of moral values of the students were high. In addition, there are no statistically significant differences between the mean scores of the teachers’ point of view towards achieving the counseling competencies of psychological counselors and the level of moral values demonstrated by the students, which is attributed to the variables of years of experience and the educational level of the teachers. The results also showed that the counseling competence of psychological counselors affected the level of moral values among students..

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