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- ↑ Rest, J.R., Narvaez, D., Bebeau, M. & Thoma, S. (1999). Postconventional Moral Thinking: A Neo-Kohlbergian Approach. Mahweh, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ Her, Lucy Y. (20 July 1999). "Obituaries: James R. Rest, 58, professor". Minneapolis Star Tribune.
- ↑ Frederickson, H. George; Ghere, Richard K. (2016-07-22). Ethics in Public Management. Routledge. p. 72. ISBN 978-1-315-49776-1.
At a later date, James Rest developed a written multiple choice alternative to Kohlberg's Moral Judgment Interview, the Defining Issues Test (DIT) (1993), which became the focus of numerous research publications.
- ↑ Pascarella & Terenzini, E.T. & P. (1991). How college affects students: Findings and insights from twenty years of research . San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
- ↑ King, P.M.; Mayhew, M.J. (2002). "Moral Judgment Development in Higher Education: Insights from the Defining Issues Test". Journal of Moral Education. 31 (3): 247–270. doi:10.1080/0305724022000008106. S2CID 59368646.
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