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Moral Development

Moral development is a developmental process through which individuals progressively construct and refine their understanding of morality and capacity for ethical reasoning across the lifespan.

7.1K

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435K

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10.5K

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2.6K

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Negativity Bias, Negativity Dominance, and Contagion

Paul Rozin, Edward B. Royzman · Personality and Social Psychology Review · 2001 · 4.3K citations

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Moral Identity and Developmental Theory

Daniel K. Lapsley · Human Development · 2015 · 3.8K citations · Full text

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After Virtue: A Study in Moral Theory

David B. Burrell, Alasdair MacIntyre · Journal of Law and Religion · 1984 · 3.6K citations

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Upheavals of thought: the intelligence of emotions

Choice Reviews Online · 2002 · 3.2K citations

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Ethical Decision Making in Organizations: A Person-Situation Interactionist Model

Linda Klebe Treviño · Academy of Management Review · 1986 · 2.9K citations

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Authors

10.5K

  1. LK
    Lawrence Kohlberg

    Harvard University Press, United States

    38 publications · 9.2K citations

    33

    h-index

  2. LJ
    Lawrence J. Walker

    University of British Columbia, Canada

    39 publications · 3K citations

    30

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  3. ET
    Elliot Turiel

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    34 publications · 6K citations

    27

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  4. JG
    Judith G. Smetana

    University of Rochester, United States

    37 publications · 4.7K citations

    27

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  5. DN
    Darcia Narváez

    University of Notre Dame, United States

    29 publications · 1.9K citations

    21

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Institutions

2.6K

  1. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    41 h-index

    85 publications

    6.3K citations

  2. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    36 h-index

    93 publications

    7.4K citations

  3. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    35 h-index

    96 publications

    6.2K citations

  4. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    33 h-index

    77 publications

    9.6K citations

  5. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    32 h-index

    78 publications

    7.3K citations

  6. University of Minnesota

    Minneapolis, United States

    30 h-index

    80 publications

    5.7K citations

  7. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    28 h-index

    43 publications

    2.1K citations

  8. University of Birmingham

    Birmingham, United Kingdom

    28 h-index

    84 publications

    3.9K citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 165 publications · 30.3K citations

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  2. Child Development

    173 publications · 15.1K citations

    69

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  3. Journal of Moral Education

    411 publications · 18.1K citations

    68

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  4. Developmental Psychology

    100 publications · 7.4K citations

    47

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  5. Journal of Business Ethics

    71 publications · 4.5K citations

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See also

Moral Development

Stage Theories

Lifespan Patterns

Social Influences

Assessment Methods

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