Moral Authority Scale Revised (MAS-R)

White, F. A. (1997). Measuring the content of moral judgment development: The revised Moral Authority Scale (MAS-R). Social Behavior and Personality, 25(4), 321-334.

The measure: White (1997) MAS-R.pdf

	Table of Contents
	Description
	History of Use
	References

Description:

Purpose		The MAS-R was designed to assess how individuals make moral decisions and to what sources they attribute influence. It is a revision of White's original (1996) MAS.
Questions		6 open-ended questions, each with 5 statements rated on a scale of 0 (no influence) to 10 (a powerful influence).
Sub-scales
Domain
Psychometrics
Sample items		Should people who break the law (such as stealing, speeding, etc.) be punished? (Question) The idea that everyone should try to make society a better place has __ on my opinion. (Statement)

References:

Scale:

White, F. A. (1996). Sources of influence in moral thought: The new Moral Authority Scale (MAS). Journal of Moral Education, 25(4), 421-439.

White, F. A. (1997). Measuring the content of moral judgment development: The revised Moral Authority Scale (MAS-R). Social Behavior and Personality, 25(4), 321-334.

Uses:

White, F. A., P. Howie, et al. (2000). "Predictors of moral thought in two contrasting adolescent samples." Ethics & Behavior 10(3): 199-214.

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