Journal of Educational Sciences > Volume 26, No. 2, 2014

From Islamic Moral: Psychometrical study for the Scale of Moral Character of Muslim Personality(MCMP) on Sample Student of International Islamic University Malaysia / Fawziah K. Al-Ammar, Ismail H. Ahmed

The ten sub-constructs of Islamic Moral were operationalized to conceptualize the measure of Moral Character of Muslim Personality (MCMP). These characters were derived from and based on the analysis of Qura’nic framework of pious people (al-muttaqīn) model (cooperation, striving with wealth and self, reconciliation, voluntary charity, truth, trustworthiness, justice, fulfilling promises, forgivingness, and steadfastness). A pool of items was written, and 50 statements were selected and submitted to subject matter experts in order to assess content validity of MCMP draft. The ten sub-constructs of MCMP were validated across a multiple sample of (472) international and Asian students within International Islamic University Malaysia(IIUM) campus form different Muslim countries. Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA),using AMOS (version 16) was applied to support the construct validity of MCMP model. The results showed goodness of fit of MCMP model of eight moral characters (cooperation, striving with wealth and self, reconciliation, voluntary charity, trustworthiness, fulfilling promises, forgivingness, and steadfastness). The Reliability indexes using Cronbach’s Alpha coefficient were computed and ranged from 0.70 to 0.86 supporting the eight constructs, while the whole index of reliability is 0.92 for MCMP measure. Certain recommendations are suggested to sustain supporting Islamic theory dealing with human behavior in the field of Islamization of knowledge.
Key Words: Muslim Behavior, Measuring Personality, Islamic Moral, Pious Characteristics, Construct Validity.