The Character of Respect as Viewed from Moral Development and Language Politeness in College Students

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10.2991/assehr.k.200129.036How to use a DOI?

Keywords

politeness in anguage, morality, respect mellitus

Abstract

This study aims to determine the relationship of politeness in language and moral development to the respect characteristic in health sciences students. The sample in this research was 90 students. Sampling was done by using a purposive non-random sampling technique, in which by taking the final level students from each study program who had completed the final assignment. This study was started by conducting a research questionnaire test on 30 students with the same criteria as the sample criteria. Data in this study were obtained by using DIT version 3.0 with the validity of 0.237-0.603 and reliability of 0.649. Questionnaires of politeness in language with aspects of wisdom, generosity, appreciation, humility, acceptance, and sympathy were then tested for their validity and reliability with corrected correlation item total correlation with validity of 0.381-0.792 and reliability of 0.872. Respect characteristic questionnaires using aspects of treating others with respect, tolerance of diversity; using polite language; paying attention to other people’s feelings; not threatening, hitting, or hurting others; and dealing peacefully with anger, humiliation, and disagreement are then tested for their validity and reliability with corrected item correlation with validity 0,354-0,741 and reliability 0,892. The data obtained were then analysed by using multiple linear regression analysis. Adjusted R Square value of 0.867 shows the contribution to the variable politeness of language and moral development is able to explain the variable character respect by 87%.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Dewi Noviana
AU  - Semartini Atur
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/02/06
TI  - The Character of Respect as Viewed from Moral Development and Language Politeness in College Students
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Learning Innovation and Quality Education (ICLIQE 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 279
EP  - 288
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200129.036
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.200129.036
ID  - Noviana2020
ER  -