Does the Defining Issues Test Measure Ethical Judgment Ability or Political Position?

REFERENCES

• Alker , H. A. and Poppen , p. J. 1973 . Personality and ideology in university students . Journal of Personality , 41 : 652 – 671 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Barnett , R. C. , Evans , J. and Rest , J. 1995 . Faking moral judgment on the Defining Issues Test . British Journal of Social Psychology , 34 : 267 – 278 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bebeau , M. J. and Thoma , S. J. 2003 . Guide for the DIT-2 , Minneapolis, MN : Center for the Study of Ethical Development, University of Minnesota .
   Google Scholar
• Candee , D. 1976 . Structure and choice in moral reasoning . Journal of Personality and Social Psychology , 34 : 1293 – 1301 .
   Google Scholar
• Cohen , J. 1988 . Statistical power analysis for the behavioral sciences , 2nd , Hillsdale, NJ : Lawrence Erlbaum .
   Google Scholar
• Colby , A. and Kohlberg , L. 1987 . The measurement of moral judgment , New York, NY : Cambridge University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Crowson , H. M. and DeBacker , T. K. 2008 . Political identification and the Defining Issues Test: Reevaluating an old hypothesis . The Journal of Social Psychology , 148 : 43 – 60 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Daniel , W. W. 1978 . Applied nonparametric statistics , Boston, MA : Houghton Mifflin .
   Google Scholar
• Emler , N. , Renwick , S. and Malone , B. 1983 . The relationship between moral reasoning and political orientation . Journal of Personality and Social Psychology , 45 : 1073 – 1080 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Emler , N. , Palmer-Canton , E. and St. James , A. 1998 . Politics, moral reasoning and the Defining Issues Test: A reply to Barnett et al. (1995) . British Journal of Social Psychology , 37 : 457 – 476 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Emler , N. and Stace , K. 1999 . What does principled versus conventional moral reasoning convey to others about the politics and psychology of the reasoner? . European Journal of Social Psychology , 29 : 455 – 468 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Emler , N. , Tarry , H. and St. James , A. 2007 . Principled moral reasoning and reputation . Journal of Research in Personality , 41 : 76 – 89 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Field , A. 2005 . Discovering statistics using SPSS , 2nd , London, , UK : Sage .
   Google Scholar
• Fishkin , J. , Keniston , K. and MacKinnon , C. 1973 . Moral reasoning and political ideology . Journal of Personality and Social Psychology , 27 : 109 – 119 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Graham , J. D. , Haidt , J. J. and Nosek , B. A. 2009 . “ Liberals and conservatives rely on different sets of moral foundations ” . In Journal of Personality and Social Psychology Vol. 96 , 1029 – 1046 .
   Google Scholar
• Johnson , J. A. and Hogan , R. 1981 . Moral judgments and self-presentations . Journal of Research in Personality , 15 : 57 – 63 .
   Google Scholar
• Kohlberg , L. 1969 . “ Stage and sequence: The cognitive-developmental approach to socialization ” . In Handbook of socialization theory and research , Edited by: Goslin , D. 347 – 480 . Chicago, IL : Rand McNally .
   Google Scholar
• Lind , G. , Sandberger , J. and Bargel , T. 1982 . Moral judgment, ego strength and democratic orientation . Political Psychology , 2 : 70 – 110 .
   Google Scholar
• Markoulis , D. 1989 . Political involvement and socio-moral reasoning: Testing Emler's interpretation . British Journal of Social Psychology , 28 : 203 – 212 .
   Google Scholar
• Murphy , K. and Myors , B. 2004 . Statistical power analysis , Mahwah, NJ : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc .
   Google Scholar
• Nassi , A. and Abramowitz , S. 1979 . Transition or transformation? Personal and political development of former Berkeley Free Speech Movement activists . Journal of Youth and Adolescence , 8 : 21 – 35 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Paulhus , D. L. 2002 . “ Socially desirable responding: The evolution of a construct ” . In The role of constructs in psychological and educational measurement , Edited by: Braun , H. , Jackson , D. N. and Wiley , D. E. 67 – 88 . Hillsdale, NJ : Lawrence Erlbaum .
   Google Scholar
• Rest , J. 1979 . Development in judging moral issues , Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press .
   Google Scholar
• Rest , J. , Narváez , D. , Bebeau , M. and Thoma , S. 1999 . Postconventional moral thinking: A neo-Kohlbergian approach , Mahwah, NJ : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates .
   Google Scholar
• Thoma , S. J. , ed. 2002 . “ The Minnesota approach to moral psychological research [Special issue] ” . In Journal of Moral Education 31(3)
   Google Scholar
• Thoma , S. J. 2006 . “ Research using the Defining Issues Test ” . In Handbook of Moral Development , Edited by: Killen , M. and Smetana , J. 67 – 91 . Mahwah, NJ : Lawrence Erlbaum .
   Google Scholar
• Thoma , S. , Barnett , R. , Rest , J. and Narváez , D. 1999a . What does the DIT measure? . British Journal of Social Psychology , 38 : 103 – 111 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Thoma , S. J. , Narváez , D. , Rest , J. and Derryberry , P. 1999b . Does moral judgment development reduce to political attitudes or verbal ability? . Educational Psychology Review , 11 : 325 – 342 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar