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. 2019 Jan 18;23(4):332–366. doi: 10.1177/1088868318811759

Table 1.

Four Types of Scales Used to Examine Morality in 91 Publications, With N Indicating the Number of Publications Using a Scale Type, Indicated in Order of Most Frequently Used (First Scale Mentioned) to Least Frequently Used (Last Scale Mentioned).

Hypothetical moral dilemmas (N = 27) Self-reported traits/behaviors of self/other (N = 32) Endorsement of abstract moral rules (N = 31) Position on specific moral issues (N = 20)
Defining Issues Test (DIT)  (Rest et al., 1974)
Prosocial Moral Reasoning Measure (PROM)
 (Carlo, Eisenberg & Knight, 1992)
Accounting Specific Defining Issues Test (ADIT)
 (Thorne, 2000)
Revised Moral Authority Scale (MAS-R)
 (White, 1997)
Moral/Conventional Distinction Task
 (Blair, 1995; Blair et al., 2001)
Moral Emotions Task
 (Kédia et al., 2008)
Moral Judgment Test (MJT)
 (Lind, 1998)
Moral Identity Scale
 (Aquino & Reed, 2002)
HEXACO-PI
 (Lee & Ashton, 2004)
Implicit Association Task (IAT)
 (Perugini & Leone, 2009)
Cognitive Reflection Test (CRT)
 (Frederick, 2005)
Index of Moral Behaviors
 (Chadwick, Bromgard, Bromgard, & Trafimow, 2006)
Josephson Institute Report Card on the Ethics of American Youth
 (Josephson Institute, 2012)
Moral Entrepreneurial Personality (MEP)
 (Yurtsever, 2003)
Moral Functioning Model
 (Rest, 1984)
Tennessee Self-Concept Scale
 (Fitts, 1956)
Washington Sentence Completion Test of Ego Development
 (Loevinger & Wessler, 1970)
Moral Exemplarity
 (Frimer, Walker, Lee, Riches, & Dunlop, 2012)
Moral Foundations Questionnaire (MFQ)
 (Graham, Haidt, & Nosek, 2009)
Schwartz Value Survey (SVS)
 (Schwartz, 1992)
Ethics Position Questionnaire (EPQ)
 (Forsyth, 1980)
Integrity Scale
 (Schlenker, 2008)
Moral Motives Scale (MMS)
 (Janoff-Bulman, Sheikh, & Baldacci 2008)
Identification with all Humanities Scale
 (McFarland et al., 2012)
Moral Character
 (Dweck et al., 1995)
Value Survey Module
 (Hofstede, 1994)
Community Autonomy Divinity Scale (CADS)
 (Guerra & Giner-Sorolla, 2010)
Moral Foundations Dictionary
 (Graham et al., 2011)
Moral Disengagement Scale
 (Bandura, Barbaranelli, Caprara, & Pastorelli, 1996)
Sensitivity to Injustice
 (Schmitt et al., 2005)
Sociomoral Reflection Measure–Short Form (SRM-SF)
 (Gibbs et al., 1992)
Beliefs About Morality (BAM)
 (Bergner & Ramon, 2013)
Dubious Behaviors
 (Jones, 1990)
Morally Debatable Behaviors Scale (MDBS)
 (Katz, Santman, & Lonero, 1994)
Moral Disengagement Tool
 (Renati et al., 2012)
Self-reported Inappropriate Negotiation Strategies Scale (SINS scale)
 (Robinson et al., 2000)
TRIM-18R
 (McCullough et al., 2006)

Note. A single publication can contain multiple scales.