Moral Competence in Technology Students and their Gender Differences
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to identify the level of moral competence in technology students and to assess whether there is a gender difference. The present study had a descriptive quantitative approach, weighing the level of moral competence of technology students, because it was evaluated in a single moment, it was transactional and not experimental. The participants were 1389 students of both genders: 738 women and 651 men, volunteers from a technological university of Tabasco, Mexico. The questionnaire applied to assess the students' moral judgment was the Emotional Moral Questionnaire, which assesses moral judgment based on guilt and pride. The moral competence of the participants was found to have an average value of 32 % (SD = 20 %). Regarding gender, moral competence in women was 31.5 % and men reported a value of 32.8 %. The results of this study make possible an effective evaluation of the performance and moral competence of technology students. This research is a precedent for new studies that allow identifying the emotional moral competence index of individuals and thereby contribute to the reduction of unwanted behaviors in students.
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