A Longitudinal and Qualitative Descriptive Study of Cadet Moral Judgment Development at the United States Air Force Academy

Abstract

This study investigated the moral judgment construct. It was designed to assess the four-year, longitudinal change in moral judgment of Air Force Academy cadets in the Class of 1999 using the Defining Issues Test (DIT) and Moral Experience Questionnaire (MEQ). The objective was to observe whether changes occurred in the moral judgment scores of cadets between entry into the Academy and the spring semester of their senior year. Additional attention focused on the relationship between cadet moral reasoning and selected demographic variables of importance in the domain of moral judgment research. The study also sought to obtain cadet perspectives on the experiences that had symbolic relevance to their own individual moral judgment development. Finally, this study represented one of the initial, if not the first, doctoral dissertations to utilize James Rest's N2-index (NewIndex) in DIT research.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1999
Accession Number
ADA367639

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  • Christopher J. Luedtke

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  • Air Force Institute of Technology

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  • Psychology

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