Merrill-palmer Quarterly · 1991 · 70 citations · 0 references
Social SciencesPsychologySocial PsychologyMoral DevelopmentMoral PsychologyWomen's StudiesMoral CognitionMoral IdentityMoral JudgmentMoral PhilosophyMoral ReasoningPersonal IdentityCare-based ReasoningEgo Identity DevelopmentMoral Identity FormationMoral Reasoning AssessmentMoral Reasoning Development
A care-based measure of levels of moral thought, based upon Gilligan's (1982) theorizing, was developed to investigate the relationship between moral reasoning and identity in women. Subjects were 86 female students, ages 17 to 26 years