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The Reliability, Validity, and Design of the Defining Issues Test
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Martin, Richard M.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1977
This study provides an independent assessment of the reliability, validity, and design of the Defining Issues Test. (Author/SB)
Descriptors: Measurement Instruments, Moral Development, Research, Test Reliability
Susceptibility to Faking of the Defining Issues Test of Moral Development
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McGeorge, Colin – Developmental Psychology, 1975
Reports the results of an experiment in which 146 college freshmen were asked either to fake bad answers, fake good answers or record their own views on the Defining Issues Test. Findings indicated that students could not fake higher scores, but could fake bad scores. (SDH)
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Cognitive Processes, College Students, Moral Development
Stage Structure in Objective Moral Judgments.
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Davison, Mark L.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1978
Multidimensional scaling and factor analysis were applied to Rest's objective test of Kohlbergian moral development. The responses of 160 junior high, senior high, college undergraduate, and graduate students were analyzed in order to investigate whether stage and item scores displayed a hierarchial sequential structure. (Author/SS)
Descriptors: Adults, Developmental Stages, Factor Analysis, Moral Development
Comparing the Defining Issues Test and the Moral Dilemma Interview.
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Froming, William J.; McColgan, Edgar B. – Developmental Psychology, 1979
A comparison of the two leading indices of moral development, the Defining Issues Test and the Moral Dilemma Interview, was made using 215 subjects ranging in age from 12 to 25. Correlation between the two tests was low when age, socioeconomic status, and intelligence variables were partialed out. (Author/SS)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Developmental Tasks, Moral Development