The Cultural Dependence of the Ethical Sensitivity Scale Questionnaire: The Case of Iranian Kurdish Teachers

Table 4

Mean differences of dimensions of ethical sensitivity based on level of school (𝑁=556).

Dimensions	𝑀	SD	𝐹	𝑃
Reading and expressing emotions
Primary teachers (𝑁=125)	3.22	0.53
Middle teachers (𝑁=221)	3.30	0.61	1.14	0.33
High school teachers (𝑁=210)	3.20	0.60
Caring by connecting to others
Primary teachers	3.69	0.58
Middle teachers	3.72	0.62	0.71	0.54
High school teachers	3.64	0.62
Taking the perspectives of others
Primary teachers	4.45	0.48
Middle teachers	4.39	0.56	1.46	0.23
High school teachers	4.32	0.52
Working with interpersonal and group differences
Primary teachers	4.04	0.58
Middle teachers	4.06	0.55	0.27	0.84
High school teachers	4.02	0.59
Preventing social bias
Primary teachers	3.73	0.49
Middle teachers	3.74	0.47	1.99	0.11
High school teachers	3.66	0.51
Generating interpretations and options
Primary teachers	4.03	0.56
Middle teachers	4.02	0.59
High school teachers	4.01	0.58
Identifying the consequences of actions and options
Primary teachers	3.93	0.45
Middle teachers	3.91	0.51	2.99	0.03
High school teachers	3.79	0.43
The ethical sensitivity (overall score)
Primary teachers	3.87	0.34
Middle teachers	3.87	0.35	1.54	0.21
High school teachers	3.82	0.37

Significance level (0.05).