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Galotti KM, Kozberg SF, Farmer MC. Gender and developmental differences in adolescents' conceptions of moral reasoning. J Youth Adolesc. 1991;20(1):13-30doi: 10.1007/BF01537349.
Galotti, K. M., Kozberg, S. F., & Farmer, M. C. (1991). Gender and developmental differences in adolescents' conceptions of moral reasoning. Journal of youth and adolescence, 20(1), 13-30. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01537349
Galotti, K M, et al. "Gender and developmental differences in adolescents' conceptions of moral reasoning." Journal of youth and adolescence vol. 20,1 (1991): 13-30. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01537349
Galotti KM, Kozberg SF, Farmer MC. Gender and developmental differences in adolescents' conceptions of moral reasoning. J Youth Adolesc. 1991 Feb;20(1):13-30. doi: 10.1007/BF01537349. PMID: 24264914.
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J Youth Adolesc. 1991 Feb;20(1):13-30. doi: 10.1007/BF01537349.

Gender and developmental differences in adolescents' conceptions of moral reasoning.

Journal of youth and adolescence

K M Galotti, S F Kozberg, M C Farmer

Affiliations

  1. Department of Psychology, Carleton College, 55057-4025, Northfield, MN.

PMID: 24264914 DOI: 10.1007/BF01537349

Abstract

Eighth graders, 11th graders, and college sophomores wrote open-ended essays that characterized their own approaches to moral reasoning. Their essays were scored for the presence of various themes. Students also responded to three dilemmas from the Defining Issues Test (Rest, 1979). Students then rated their own use of justice and care orientations in moral reasoning, using a previously developed instrument (Ford and Lowery, 1986; Lyons, 1983). Characterizations of moral reasoning became more multifaceted and thorough with grade, and correlated with many traditional measures of moral reasoning. Males and females showed some, but relatively few, differences in characterizing their own moral reasoning, although females tended to respond more thoroughly to the open-ended task. Gender differences, when they occurred, were mostly found on measures that assessed so-called feminine issues or concerns, but not on traditional measures of moral reasoning. Characterizations of moral reasoning clustered into five dimensions, raising questions about the utility of the constructs of justice and care orientations.

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