Comparing the Defining Issues Test and the Moral Dilemma Interview.

Froming, William J.; McColgan, Edgar B.

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Publication Date: 1979-Nov

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Comparing the Defining Issues Test and the Moral Dilemma Interview.

Froming, William J.; McColgan, Edgar B.

Developmental Psychology, v15 n6 p658-59 Nov 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, Psychological Testing, Research Methodology, Test Validity

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