New tools, new insights: Kohlberg's moral judgement stages revisited

In this paper, four sets of data, collected by four different research teams ... are examined... The detailed analysis of these pooled data confirms results reported in previous reearch about the ordered acquisition of moral stages and the relationship between moral stages and age, education, and se...

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Published in:International journal of behavioral development 2002-03, Vol.26 (2), p.154-166
Main Author: Dawson, Theo L
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult. Elderly
Biological and medical sciences
Development
Developmental psychology
Empirische Forschung
Entwicklung
Entwicklungspsychologie
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Kohlberg, Lawrence
Metaanalyse
Moral
Moral judgments
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Stages
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Summary:In this paper, four sets of data, collected by four different research teams ... are examined... The detailed analysis of these pooled data confirms results reported in previous reearch about the ordered acquisition of moral stages and the relationship between moral stages and age, education, and sex. New findings include: 1) empirical evidence that transitions between "childhood" and "adult" stages of development involve similar mechanisms; 2) support for the notion of stages as qualitatively distinct modes of reasoning that display properties consistent with a notion of "structure d'ensemble", and 3) evidence of a stage between Kohlberg's stages 3 and 4. Consistent with reports from earlier research, the relationship between age and moral development is curvilinear. The relationship between educational attainment and moral development is linear, suggesting that educational environments have an equivalent impact across the course of development. (DIPF/orig.).
ISSN:0165-0254
1464-0651
DOI:10.1080/01650250042000645