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Peer reviewedRest, James; And Others – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1997
The Defining Issues Test (DIT) of moral judgment, a stage preference approach, is compared with the Moral Judgment Test (MJT) widely used in Europe. The MJT is a stage consistency test. Construct validity is defined in terms of seven types of studies, which support use of the stage preference approach. (SLD)
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Comparative Analysis, Ethics, Moral Values
Carroll, James A. – 1977
The Defining Issues Test (DIT) has been subjected to construct validation in a number of studies relating it to the development of moral judgment and to measures of cognitive development and political attitudes. The DIT has been found to have significant positive correlations with the Comprehension of Social-Moral Concepts Test for a variety of…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Cognitive Development, Comparative Testing, Comprehension
