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. 2018 Jul 20;13(7):e0200932. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0200932

Table 3. Mean scores (percentage) and standard deviations for the SRT scores according to age group and social rule.

Age group Global SRT Q1 : Judgement Q2 : Identification Q3 : Social Reasoning
Appropriate Inappropriate Appropriate Inappropriate
  Moral Conventional   Moral Conventional
4 years 50.9 (6.3) 84.6 (22.7) 86.2 (17.9) 73.7 (22.9) 74.4 (25.5) 76.9 (19.8) 67.3 (23.8) 27.5 (8.8)
5 years 56.2 (8.4) 89.2 (23.3) 93.3 (12.4) 87.2 (16.1) 88.2 (22.3) 88.2 (17.6) 83.3 (19.3) 32 (11.4)
6 years 60.8 (9.3) 97.4 (6.8) 93.8 (11.4) 96.2 (9.1) 91.3 (18.2) 89.7 (13.7) 93.6 (11.1) 38 (16.2)
7 years 62.5 (8.3) 97.4 (6.8) 96.9 (8.6) 95.5 (9.7) 97.4 (6.8) 95.4 (8.5) 92.9 (12.8) 39.4 (13.1)
8 years 65.2 (6.7) 98.5 (7.1) 95.9 (10.4) 96.8 (8.5) 97.9 (7.7) 95.4 (10.7) 96.8 (8.5) 43.3 (11.5)
9 years 68.7 (7.8) 100 (0) 98.5 (5.4) 96.8 (8.5) 99.5 (3.2) 97.4 (6.8) 92.9 (11.4) 48.6 (12.9)
10 years 67.9 (8.3) 100 (0) 99.5 (3.2) 98.7 (5.6) 99.5 (3.2) 99.5 (3.2) 98.1 (6.7) 47.1 (13.6)
11 years 73.1 (7.7) 99.5 (3.2) 99.5 (3.2) 97.4 (7.7) 99.5 (3.2) 97.4 (6.8) 95.5 (9.7) 56 (12.4)
12 years 75.5 (8.5) 98.5 (5.4) 100 (0) 96.8 (8.5) 98.5 (5.4) 98.5 (5.4) 96.8 (8.5) 60.2 (14)
Adults 87.5 (7.7) 98.5 (5.4) 99 (4.5) 96.2 (9.1) 97.9 (6.1) 98.5 (5.4) 94.9 (11.7) 80.6 (12)