شبكة المعلومات العربية التربوية

The current study aimed to explore the relationship between moral identity (MI) and locus of control (loc), using a sample of (310) female final-year undergraduate students at Umm Al-Qura University, Saudi Arabia. To achieve the goal, the importance of moral identify scale (Aquino & Reed, 2002), and the internal-external locus of control scale (Mousa & Abu Nahia, 1987) were applied to the sample. Results proved a negative relationship between the internalization aspect and the external locus of control. However, no relationship was found between the symbolization aspect and the locus of control. The study has also found that there are four common types for moral identities among the study participants, with the following percentages: (A) high internalization - high symbolization (39.7%), (B) high internalization - low symbolization (25.5%), (C) low internalization - high symbolization (22.9%), and (D) low internalization - low symbolization (11.9%). Result also showed significant differences in the locus of control between participants with high vs. low internalization. However, there were no differences in locus of control between participants with high vs. low symbolization. Moreover, there were differences in the locus of control according to the pattern of moral identity, where the high internalization - high symbolization group was the most inclined group towards the internal locus of control, followed by the high internalization - low symbolization group. However, the low internalization - high symbolization group was the most inclined group towards the external locus of control, followed by the low internalization - low symbolization type. (Published abstract)