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Han, Hyemin; Dawson, Kelsie J. – Journal of Moral Education, 2022
Although some previous studies have investigated the relationship between moral foundations and moral judgment development, the methods used have not been able to fully explore the relationship. In the present study, we used Bayesian Model Averaging (BMA) in order to address the limitations in traditional regression methods that have been used…
Descriptors: Moral Values, Moral Development, Decision Making, Correlation
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Parker, Eugene T., III; Barnhardt, Cassie L.; Pascarella, Ernest T.; McCowin, Jarvis A. – Journal of College Student Development, 2016
We utilized data from a multi-institutional longitudinal study to investigate the association between diversity-related coursework and moral development among students over 4 years of college. Our findings parallel the prior research, which support the positive effects of diversity on college students, by offering new evidence that diversity…
Descriptors: Moral Development, Multicultural Education, Longitudinal Studies, Learning Experience
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Glover, Rebecca J.; Natesan, Prathiba; Wang, Jie; Rohr, Danielle; McAfee-Etheridge, Lauri; Booker, Dana D.; Bishop, James; Lee, David; Kildare, Cory; Wu, Minwei – Journal of Moral Education, 2014
Explorations of relationships between Haidt's Moral Foundations Questionnaire (MFQ) and indices of moral decision-making assessed by the Defining Issues Test have been limited to correlational analyses. This study used Harm, Fairness, Ingroup, Authority and Purity to predict overall moral judgment and individual Defining Issues Test-2 (DIT-2)…
Descriptors: Moral Values, Scores, Undergraduate Students, Prediction
You, Di; Penny, Neil H. – Online Submission, 2011
Students' moral reasoning was assessed at a religiously affiliated liberal arts university. Cohort data were collected from undergraduate students who had entered the university as freshmen: 364 students in 2007 and 264 students in 2009. The results indicated that there was a significant increase in students' post-conventional moral reasoning…
Descriptors: Values Education, Moral Values, Logical Thinking, Moral Development
Williams, Leslie K. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Research indicates that approximately 70% of college students engage in some form of cheating (Austin, Simpson, & Reynen, 2005; Bowers, 1964; Leming; 1978; McCabe & Trevino, 1993, 1996; McCabe, Trevino, & Butterfield, 2001a). College students overwhelmingly agree that cheating is morally wrong; yet, their actions are not reflective of…
Descriptors: Cheating, Research Design, Moral Development, Undergraduate Students
Phillips, Franklin Hadley, III – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Many students will choose to join a fraternity or sorority in college, yet much is still unknown about how these organizations impact student moral development. Using a correlational research design, the purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the intensity of involvement of undergraduate students in social Greek…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Sororities, Moral Development, Multiple Regression Analysis
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Woodward, Belle; Davis, Diane C.; Hodis, Flaviu A. – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2007
This study examined undergraduate information technology (IT) students' (N = 122) level of ethical reasoning and decision making at a Midwestern university. The purpose was to determine whether IT students' level of ethical reasoning provided information about the degree of their ethical decision making. The Defining Issues Test-2 (DIT-2) was used…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Ethics, Decision Making, Undergraduate Students
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Xu, Yuejin; Iran-Nejad, Asghar; Thoma, Stephen J. – Journal of Interactive Online Learning, 2007
The purpose of the study was to determine comparability of an online version to the original paper-pencil version of Defining Issues Test 2 (DIT2). This study employed methods from both Classical Test Theory (CTT) and Item Response Theory (IRT). Findings from CTT analyses supported the reliability and discriminant validity of both versions.…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Test Format, Comparative Analysis, Test Theory