Stephen J. Thoma

5.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
75 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Stephen J. Thoma is a scholar working on Information Systems and Management, Cognitive Neuroscience and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen J. Thoma has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Information Systems and Management, 35 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 27 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Stephen J. Thoma's work include Ethics in Business and Education (37 papers), Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (35 papers) and Education and Critical Thinking Development (15 papers). Stephen J. Thoma is often cited by papers focused on Ethics in Business and Education (37 papers), Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (35 papers) and Education and Critical Thinking Development (15 papers). Stephen J. Thoma collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Taiwan. Stephen J. Thoma's co-authors include James R. Rest, Muriel J. Bebeau, Darcia Narváez, H. Michael Crowson, Lynne K. Edwards, Teresa K. DeBacker, W. Pitt Derryberry, Andrea D. Beesley, Hyemin Han and Mark L. Davison and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Stephen J. Thoma

72 papers receiving 3.6k citations

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Postconventional Moral Thinking

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Was Aristotle right about moral decision-making? Building a new empirical model of practical wisdom 2025 ·PLoS ONE ·(unknown), Stephen J. Thoma, (unknown)	9
2	Do Histories of Painful Life Experiences Affect the Expression of Empathy Among Young Adults? An Electroencephalography Study 2021 ·Frontiers in Psychology ·(unknown), Hyemin Han, Stephen J. Thoma, Behzad Mansouri, (unknown)	8
3	Validity study using factor analyses on the Defining Issues Test-2 in undergraduate populations 2020 ·PLoS ONE ·Youn‐Jeng Choi, Hyemin Han, (unknown), Stephen J. Thoma	9
4	Measuring moral reasoning using moral dilemmas: evaluating reliability, validity, and differential item functioning of the behavioural defining issues test (bDIT) 2019 ·European Journal of Developmental Psychology ·Youn‐Jeng Choi, Hyemin Han, (unknown), Stephen J. Thoma, Andrea L. Glenn	13
5	A Habit of Social Action: Understanding the Factors Associated with Adolescents Who Have Made a Habit of Helping Others 2018 ·VOLUNTAS International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations ·(unknown), Tom Harrison, Stephen J. Thoma, (unknown)	11
6	Stages of moral judgment development: Applying item response theory to Defining Issues Test data 2018 ·Journal of Moral Education ·(unknown), Jan Boom, Daniël Brugman, Stephen J. Thoma	11
7	Educational Programs for Professional Identity Formation: The Role of Social Science Research 2017 ·eYLS (Yale Law School) ·Muriel J. Bebeau, Stephen J. Thoma, (unknown)	1
8	How to Make Moral Education More Effective: From a Brain Study to Policy Making. 2017 ·Hyemin Han, Stephen J. Thoma, Fırat Soylu, Kangwook Lee	1
9	Assessing Adolescents' Application of Virtues across Multiple Cultural Contexts: An Empirical Summary of Studies Using the Adolescent Intermediate Concepts Measure. 2016 ·Stephen J. Thoma, David Ian Walker, (unknown), (unknown)	1
10	Revitalizing Accounting Ethics Research in the Neo-Kohlbergian Framework: Putting the DIT into Perspective 2010 ·Behavioral Research in Accounting ·Charles D. Bailey, (unknown), Stephen J. Thoma	35
11	Administering Defining Issues Test Online: Do Response Modes Matter?. 2007 ·(unknown), Asghar Iran‐Nejad, Stephen J. Thoma	19
12	The Role of Authoritarianism, Perceived Threat, and Need for Closure or Structure in Predicting Post-9/11 Attitudes and Beliefs 2006 ·The Journal of Social Psychology ·H. Michael Crowson, Teresa K. DeBacker, Stephen J. Thoma	48
13	Is Political Conservatism Synonymous With Authoritarianism? 2005 ·The Journal of Social Psychology ·H. Michael Crowson, Stephen J. Thoma, (unknown)	78
14	Models of Moral Development 2000 ·The Journal of mind and behavior ·Stephen J. Thoma	4
15	Individual moral judgment and cultural ideologies. 1999 ·Developmental Psychology ·Darcia Narváez, (unknown), James R. Rest, Stephen J. Thoma	79
16	The relationship between moral decision making and patterns of consolidation and transition in moral judgment development. 1999 ·Developmental Psychology ·Stephen J. Thoma, James R. Rest	56
17	What does the DIT measure? 1999 ·British Journal of Social Psychology ·Stephen J. Thoma, (unknown), James R. Rest, Darcia Narváez	27
18	Designing and Testing a Measure of Intermediate Level Ethical Concepts. 1998 ·Muriel J. Bebeau, Stephen J. Thoma	6
19	Trends and Issues in Moral Judgment Research Using the Defining Issues Test. 1994 ·Stephen J. Thoma	6
20	The Relationship between Political Preference and Moral Judgment Development in Late Adolescence. 1993 ·Merrill-palmer Quarterly ·Stephen J. Thoma	15

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