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Dras, Stephen R.; And Others – 1983
The relation of moral reasoning to moral behavior has been the subject of a substantial number of empirical studies; it may be more productive to employ a configuration of characteristics to predict moral behavior. To investigate the relation of moral reasoning and personality variables to moral behavior, 74 undergraduates, 30 males and 44…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Behavior Patterns, College Students, Higher Education
Rest, James; And Others – 1977
Six papers, originally presented in different form at the 1977 Convention of the Society for Research in Child Development, highlight approximately 100 studies that have used the Defining Issues Test (DIT) of moral judgment. The DIT's standardized format and objective scoring makes comparisons possible among studies, and this body of research…
Descriptors: Adults, Cognitive Development, College Students, Correlation