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    The development of moral reasoning in Belize, Trinidad-Tobago, and the USA
    (1986) Gielen, Uwe P.;
    Data for this study were collected from 118 secondary school students from Belize, 146 from Trinidad and Tobago, and 106 from the US, who responded to background items and the Defining Issues Test. In all three samples, students favoured conventional moral arguments (Stages 4 and 3) over principled arguments. Preconventional moral arguments were endorsed least often. American students received higher overall moral judgement scores (D-Scores) and principled scores (P-Scores) than did Caribbean students. The Trinidadians' D-Scores, but not their P-Scores, were higher than those of the Belizeans. D-Scores were positively correlated with age in Trinidad and in the US but not in Belize