Moral judgment development across cultures: Revisiting Kohlberg's universality claims

Developmental Review

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 443-500

  Gibbs, John C ^a   Basinger, Karen S ^b   Grime, Rebecca L ^c   Snarey, John R ^d  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Urbana University   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON AND JEFFERSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural research; Kohlberg; Lawrence; Moral development; Moral values; Social behavior; Social perspective taking; Sociomoral Reflection Measure Short Form; Stages of moral judgment

Indexed keywords

EID: 35648961271     PISSN: 02732297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dr.2007.04.001     Document Type: Article

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