We developed and tested a behavioral version of the Defining Issues Test-1 revised (DIT-1r), which is a measure of the development of moral judgment. We conducted a behavioral experiment using the behavioral Defining Issues Test (bDIT) to examine the relationship between participants' moral developmental status, moral competence, and reaction time…

The purpose of this study is to describe, critically analyse and discuss the Swedish system of assessing ethics education in compulsory school through national tests. The publicly available tests from 2013 for grades six and nine have been studied as have the assessment instructions for teachers. Staff responsible for the test construction have…

A study of the sanctions which control moral conduct was carried out on a sample of 40 primary and secondary schoolchildren. A test of ten moral dilemmas was constructed and used. The most interesting finding was the importance of self-concept as a regulating factor in moral judgment. (Editor)

Developed a scale to measure individuals' desire for moral approbation. Factor analysis of data from 382 university business students supported the viability of desired moral approbation, which was composed of three constructs: (1) desire for approbation from others; (2) desire to avoid moral blame from others; and (3) desire for moral approval…

A scheme was developed for discovering what "moral" means among a given group so that moral incidents used to investigate their moral development would conform to their own meaning. Based on this scheme, an instrument was developed and field-tested with Haitian and U.S. American respondents. (BW)

A dissertation proposal is made to study the development of materialistic values during the years of middle childhood and to determine whether the pattern of development is different for children of various ages, sexes and socioeconomic backgrounds. The development of materialistic values will be studied in regard to the beliefs of children during…