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Juujarvi, Soile; Myyry, Liisa; Pesso, Kaija – Journal of Moral Education, 2010
The aim of this study was to investigate relationships between care and justice reasoning, dispositional empathy variables and meta-ethical thinking among 128 students from a university of applied sciences. The measures were Skoe's Ethic of Care Interview, the Defining Issues Test, Davis's Interpersonal Reactivity Index and Meta-Ethical…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Perspective Taking, Ethics, Empathy
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MacKinnon, David; Njaa, Lloyd – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 1995
Examines the level of moral development and empathy in adult male sex offenders. Male sex offenders (n=21) and male physical assaulters (n=30) were assessed using the Defining Issues Test and the Interpersonal Reactivity Index. Results indicate significant differences between group means and norm group means on two dimensions of empathy. (JPS)
Descriptors: Criminals, Empathy, Higher Education, Males