Abstracts - Earli

this domain. Further, the visual inspection of the Bayesian dependency network showed that allfour EI domains were present in the model derived from the empirical sample. The results ofcorrelational analysis revealed low correlations with decision-making and planning andorganizational skills, and high correlations between leadership and human relations skills, asexpected.Psychological profile of at-risk students in Malaysian secondary schoolsHabibah Elias, Universiti Putra Malaysia, MalaysiaRahil Mahyuddin, Universiti Putra Malaysia, MalaysiaSamsilah Roslan, Universiti Putra Malaysia, MalaysiaNooreen Noordin, Universiti Putra Malaysia, MalaysiaMaria Chong, Universiti Putra Malaysia, MalaysiaMohd. Sofian Omar Fauzee, Universiti Putra Malaysia, MalaysiaThe purpose of this study was to determine the profile of at risk students in terms of psychologicaltraits (Intelligence Quotient, achievement motivation, self-efficacy, emotional intelligence and selfesteem), sosio-economic status and family background. At risk students in this study are confinedto students who are low in academic performance and with discipline problems. The samplecomprised of 1,473 Form Four students categorized as performing and non performing (at risk)students. The two groups of students were sampled from schools identified by the Ministry ofEducation according to six zones (North, Central, South, East, Sabah and Sarawak). Theinstruments used in this study are questionnaires for demographic information,achievementmotivation, self-efficacy,self-esteem,emotional intelligence and intelligence test. The findings ofthe study show that at risk students have an average equivalent IQ of 98.4 compared to theperforming students with an average equivalent IQ of 115.8. The achievement motivation of at riskstudents was moderately high with a score of 3.04 and SD=.34. In terms of mathematics selfefficacy,the mean was quite low (mean=2.81, SD=.43) indicating that the respondents do notperceive themselves as competent in mathematics. The mean of self-efficacy for English languagewas also low (mean=2.84, SD=.46). This shows that most of the at risk students do not haveconfidence in their competency in the English language. Research findings also show that theoverall mean score for emotional quotient which is represented by emotional literacy (EL) of 688low achievers is 57.67 indicating that low achievers obtain a low level of EL. On self-esteem,overall the respondents obtained a mean score of 2.94, SD=.34 which is closely associated withlow self esteem.Do you have a mind? Don’t worry. You will be alive: Children’s moral judgements about killingDimitris Pnevmatikos, University of Western Macedonia, GreeceAnastasia Konorta, University of Western Macedonia, GreeceThe aim of the study was to investigate the young children’s moral judgments in case a humanbeing terminates, for different reasons the life of other organisms, which they differ according toour judgements about their mind. The study was inspired from the Dennett’s assumption that theclassification of a specie as mind-heaver has moral consequences when someone kills a case whichbelongs to this specie. Human protagonists appeared in scenarios to kill other humans, big /medium and small animals for six different reasons. In the study participated 150 children, 4-, 6-,8-, 10- and 12-year-old, in equal number of males and females in each age group, each of whominterviewed individually in one session lasting approximately 10 min. A questionnaire of 24 itemsaddressed to participants. Principle component analysis revealed three factors on the basis of thereason the protagonist terminated the life of other animals and one factor where the protagonist– 651 –