Measurement invariance in a measure of prosocial moral reasoning to use with adolescents from the USA and Brazil

Journal of Moral Education

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 485-502

  Carlo, Gustavo ^a   McGinley, Meredith ^a   Roesch, Scott C ^b   Kaminski, Jennifer W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

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EID: 55849090315     PISSN: 03057240     EISSN: 14653877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03057240802399368     Document Type: Conference Paper

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