The Attitudes of Parents Affecting Moral Maturity Levels of High School Students

This study tries to analyze the attitudes of parents which may affect moral maturity levels of high school students. The study is based on field research. Field research was carried out on the 830 high school sudents selected randomly from some high schools took place in Samsun. Data of the study were collected by Moral Maturity Scale and Individual Acknowledgement Questionnaire developed by the researcher. Statistical analyses of data were done with variance analysis, t-test and Scheffe tests. Lastly, it was found that the attitudes of parents were the prominent factors affecting the moral maturity levels of high school students.