The Level of Parents’ Motivational Beliefs, Parental Involvement and Moral Values of Muslim Children in Southern Thailand

Abstract

This study aimed to measure levels of parents’ motivational beliefs, parental involvement, and moral values cultivation to determine the effects of parents' motivational beliefs and parental involvement on promoting moral values among parents of Muslim children in Southern Thailand. The study used a survey research design with a quantitative approach. The respondents comprised 413 parents of Muslim children in Southern Thailand who were randomly selected. The research instrument used questionnaires. The data analysis used the 21.0 and the Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) IBM-SPSS-AMOS (Statistical Package for Social Science-Analysis of Moments Structure) software. The result shows that the findings of the analysis based on the Level of Parents' Motivational Beliefs regarding the religiosity construct, sense of efficacy construct, and the role of construction construct among parents of Muslim children in Southern Thailand show the status of the categories of practiced by parents whether at high level. The findings of the analysis are based on the Level of Parental Involvement regarding the parenting construct, the communication construct, the volunteering construct, the learning at home construct, the decision-making construct, and then collaborating with the community construct among parents of Muslim children in Southern Thailand show the status of the category of practices practiced by parents whether at high level. The findings of the analysis based on the Level of Promoting Moral Values regarding the economic construct, the honesty construct, the politeness construct, the cleanliness construct, and the concordance construct among parents of Muslim children in Southern Thailand show the status of the category of practices practiced by parents whether at high level. Parents' motivational beliefs and parental involvement have positive effects on promoting moral values among parents of Muslim children in Southern Thailand. This study contributed both theoretical and practical implications on the formation of the effectiveness of parents' motivational beliefs and parental involvement in promoting moral values among parents of Muslim children in Southern Thailand. It is also conducted towards the effects of Masjids, educational institutions, the ministry of education, and other related organizations to motivate parents to promote and cultivate fundamental moral values for their children.