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Moral Development and Hawaiian Youths: Does Gender Make a Difference?
Author(s) -
Daniels Judy,
D'Andrea Michael,
Heck Ronald
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6676.1995.tb01828.x
Subject(s) - proposition , moral reasoning , psychology , moral development , social psychology , developmental psychology , sociology , epistemology , philosophy
This study was designed to assess the moral reasoning of Hawaiian youths. The findings challenge C. Gilligan's (1982) theoretical proposition that gender differences exist in moral development. Implications for counseling theory, research, and practice are discussed.