Verification of the Japanese Version of Greene’s Moral Dilemma Task’s Validity and Reliability
The moral dilemma task developed by Greene et al., which comprises personal and impersonal moral dilemmas, is useful for clarifying people’s moral judgments. This study develops and validates a Japanese version of this questionnaire. Ten new questions were added to the Japanese version using back-tr...
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| description | The moral dilemma task developed by Greene et al., which comprises personal and impersonal moral dilemmas, is useful for clarifying people’s moral judgments. This study develops and validates a Japanese version of this questionnaire. Ten new questions were added to the Japanese version using back-translation, and its internal validity was tested. A second survey was conducted among the same participants one month after the first survey (<i>n</i> = 231). The intraclass correlation coefficient through retesting was found to be 0.781. Test-retest, internal consistency, and criterion-related validity were confirmed by retesting the Japanese version of the moral dilemma task. Moral judgments differed in gender, with women and men tending to be more utilitarian in situations where emotions were less and more likely to be involved, respectively. The association between age and deontological moral judgments was also observed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7e634900a0b345bcb30d78806e2297ff2023-11-17T13:34:09ZengMDPI AGPsych2624-86112023-03-015122423310.3390/psych5010017Verification of the Japanese Version of Greene’s Moral Dilemma Task’s Validity and ReliabilityYoshiyuki Takimoto0Akira Yasumura1Department of Biomedical Ethics, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, JapanGraduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Kumamoto University, 2-40-1 Kurokami, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto City 860-8555, JapanThe moral dilemma task developed by Greene et al., which comprises personal and impersonal moral dilemmas, is useful for clarifying people’s moral judgments. This study develops and validates a Japanese version of this questionnaire. Ten new questions were added to the Japanese version using back-translation, and its internal validity was tested. A second survey was conducted among the same participants one month after the first survey (<i>n</i> = 231). The intraclass correlation coefficient through retesting was found to be 0.781. Test-retest, internal consistency, and criterion-related validity were confirmed by retesting the Japanese version of the moral dilemma task. Moral judgments differed in gender, with women and men tending to be more utilitarian in situations where emotions were less and more likely to be involved, respectively. The association between age and deontological moral judgments was also observed.https://www.mdpi.com/2624-8611/5/1/17moral psychologymoral dilemmatask validationjudgment |
| spellingShingle | Yoshiyuki Takimoto Akira Yasumura Verification of the Japanese Version of Greene’s Moral Dilemma Task’s Validity and Reliability Psych moral psychology moral dilemma task validation judgment |
| title | Verification of the Japanese Version of Greene’s Moral Dilemma Task’s Validity and Reliability |
| title_full | Verification of the Japanese Version of Greene’s Moral Dilemma Task’s Validity and Reliability |
| title_fullStr | Verification of the Japanese Version of Greene’s Moral Dilemma Task’s Validity and Reliability |
| title_full_unstemmed | Verification of the Japanese Version of Greene’s Moral Dilemma Task’s Validity and Reliability |
| title_short | Verification of the Japanese Version of Greene’s Moral Dilemma Task’s Validity and Reliability |
| title_sort | verification of the japanese version of greene s moral dilemma task s validity and reliability |
| topic | moral psychology moral dilemma task validation judgment |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2624-8611/5/1/17 |
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