Moral Judgement Development in Higher Education: Insights from the Defining Issues Test

By Patricia M. King, Matthew J. Mayhew. 2002

321 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Information Systems and Management, Law, Political Science and International Relations

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In Information Systems and Management

1. Patricia M. King
2. Matthew J. Mayhew
3. Cynthia J. Finelli
4. Trevor S. Harding
5. Donald D. Carpenter
6. Mikko T. Siponen
7. Seppo Pahnila
8. Anthony Vance

In Law

1. Patricia M. King
2. Matthew J. Mayhew

In Political Science and International Relations

1. Patricia M. King
2. Matthew J. Mayhew
3. Marcia B. Baxter Magolda
4. Mikko T. Siponen

Citations in the corpus

• A Developmental Model of Intercultural Maturity (2005, background): “Based on their comprehensive literature review of moral judgment development among college students, King and Mayhew (2002, 2004) reported that students who relied on moral principles to reason about moral dilemmas held more positive attitudes toward diversity issues (e.g., Derryberry & Thoma,…”
• What levels of moral reasoning and values explain adherence to information security rules? An empirical study (2009, background): “…on psychology suggests that moral reasoning has an effect on behaviour in general (Blasi, 1980) and policy violations in particular (Greenberg, 2002; King & Mayhew, 2002), we did not find any empirical studies that investigated the effect of moral behaviour on employee’s adherence to information…”
• How curricular content and pedagogical strategies affect moral reasoning development in college students (2008, background): “…test in their studies, making Rest’s (1979a) Defining Issues Test (DIT) the single most widely used moral reasoning instrument in research among college students (for comprehensive reviews of moral reasoning among college students, see King & Mayhew, 2002, 2004 and Pascarella & Terenzini, 2005).”
• The Theory of Planned Behavior as a Model of Academic Dishonesty in Engineering and Humanities Undergraduates (2007, background): “…students and seniors based on evidence demonstrating that exposure to and engagement in college has a dramatic effect on students’ moral development (King & Mayhew, 2002; Pascarella & Terenzini, 1991) and that the extent to which students are exposed to the values and ideals of other individuals…”
• Reflective Judgment: Theory and Research on the Development of Epistemic Assumptions Through Adulthood (2004, unknown): “(For reviews of research using the DIT among college students, see King & Mayhew, 2002, in press.)”
• FACTORS INFLUENCING ENGINEERING STUDENTS’ DECISIONS TO CHEAT BY TYPE OF ASSESSMENT (2006, background): “The prevalence and increasing severity of cheating should be distressing to educators because of their implications for: (1) undermining institutional missions that include preparation for citizenship and service to society, each of which has a moral dimension (King and Mayhew, 2002; Whitley and Kei”