Moral Intelligence as a Mediator Variable in the Relationship between Personality Traits and School Bullying among Students from Grades (7-9) in North Al Batinah Governorate, Sultanate of Oman

Abstract

The study aimed to identify the role of moral intelligence as a mediator variable in the relationship between personality traits and school bullying. The sample of the study consisted of 271 students from grades (7-9) in North Al Batinah Governorate in the Sultanate of Oman. This study used the school bullying scale, the short measure of the five major factors of personality (TIPI) and the scale of moral intelligence. The results of multiple regression analysis using the Baron & Kenny’s method showed that moral intelligence has an intermediary role in the relationship between personality traits and school bullying, through direct effects in the negative direction of the dimensions of personality traits (emotional stability, conscientiousness, and agreeableness) on school bullying through moral intelligence. Also, the results of the Baron & Kenny’s method showed direct effects in the negative direction of the dimensions of personality traits (agreeableness, conscientiousness, and emotional stability) on school bullying, and the presence of direct influences in the positive direction of the dimensions of personality traits (extraversion, agreeableness, and emotional stability, and openness) on moral intelligence, as the results indicated the presence of direct effects in the negative direction of moral intelligence on school bullying. The results indicated that there is a mediating role of moral intelligence in the relationship between some personality traits and school bullying. Keywords: personality traits, moral intelligence, school bullying, Median analysis.