تقنين مقياس الانفصال الأخلاقي (MDS)‎ على عينة من الأفراد في مرحلتي الطفولة و المراهقة في البيئة السعودية

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The present study explored the reliability, validity, and factor structure of Moral Disengagement Scale (MDS), and its suitability for use in the Saudi environment, where the scale was applied to (219) elementary, middle and high school students for ages from (10-18) years in stage of childhood and adolescence, Also measure of social behavior (Social Behavior, Antisocial Behavior) applied.

the total scale demonstrated high internal consistency (α = 0.77).

and also showed good results by the exploratory factor analysis using the Principal components of Hottelling, and the rotation of the axes by the Kaiser Varimax loadingsto the dimensions of the Moral Disengagement (separation mechanisms) on three factors that orb 84.76% of the total variance of the scale Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) showed four models with an adequate fit, both for a first-order factorial structure (Model 1) and a second-order factorial structure (Models 2, 3 and 4), Model 4 achieved the best fit indices, a model represented by a general second-order factor (moral disengagement) with three first-order dimensions: disengagement by depersonalization; disengagement by irresponsibility; and disengagement by rationalization.

Analyses resulted in a 32-item MDS for use in Saudi, with factors map- ping on to the conceptual categories of moral disengagement.

the field of stability, the results indicate that the scale has a good level of stability.

The study recommended repeated verification of the psychometric properties of the scale, applied to individuals of different ages, female samples, and samples from special cases.