Developing Moral Behaviors in Children and Adolescents: Psycho-Quranic Perspective

In recent years there is resurgence of spiritual and religious based training on moral behaviors. Psychologists have been involved traditionally in rectifying negative and health damaging behaviors. The current focus of psychologists has been to understand human strengths and positive traits which are often associated with positive health outcomes. Morality based behaviors are also become the focus of recent psychological investigations. Behaviors like being forgiving, having gratitude and other positive values like character building, having virtues and temperance are closely related to positive health outcomes, relationship building and positive mental health. The current paper will highlight the notion of moral behaviors, its theory, gender differences in moral behavior and psychological techniques to cultivate moral behaviors. The paper will integrate Quran and morality and attempts to incorporate psycho-quranic approach to cultivate moral behaviors in children and adolescents.