Young Adults' Scores on the Defining Issues Test as a Function of a

Rybash, John M.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ246426

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Publication Date: 1981-Feb

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Young Adults' Scores on the Defining Issues Test as a Function of a "Self" versus "Other" Presentation Mode.

Rybash, John M.; And Others

Journal of Youth and Adolescence, v10 n1 p25-31 Feb 1981

College students were divided into four groups and administered the standard version of the Defining Issues Test (DIT) and/or a self-orientation version of the same instrument. Subjects displayed greater amounts of principled moral reasoning when responding to the standard (other-orientation) version. (Author/GK)

Descriptors: Affective Behavior, College Students, High School Students, Higher Education, Interpersonal Relationship, Moral Development, Secondary Education, Sex Differences, Young Adults

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