A cross-cultural validation of stage development: A Rasch re-analysis of longitudinal socio-moral reasoning data

Cognitive Development

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 213-229

  Boom, Jan ^a   Wouters, Hans ^a   Keller, Monika ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hierarchical integration; Rasch Analysis; Socio moral development; Structural wholeness

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247095556     PISSN: 08852014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2006.10.005     Document Type: Article

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