John Olav Bjørnestad

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    Article: Construction and testing of the Moral Development Scale for Professionals (MDSP).
    Anne Skisland, John Olav Bjørnestad, Olle Söderhamn
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    ABSTRACT: Moral development among students is central for nursing education, because nursing is informed by moral ends, and it is essential that professional nurses have a well developed ability for moral behaviour, ethical reasoning and decision making. The aim of this study was to construct a new instrument for measuring moral development according to Kohlberg's theory of moral development among students and professionals, and initially test it for reliability and validity among students in professional education. Thirty-two items following the conventional and postconventional stages in the theory were developed. Different actions for reducing the items were implemented. The final version of the instrument with 12 items was tested for reliability and validity among 326 conveniently chosen students. A Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 0.67 and support for construct validity was obtained.
    Nurse education today 05/2011; 32(3):255-60. · 0.91 Impact Factor
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    Article: Construct validity of the Moral Development Scale for Professionals (MDSP).
    Olle Söderhamn, John Olav Bjørnestad, Anne Skisland, Christina Cliffordson
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    ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to investigate the construct validity of the Moral Development Scale for Professionals (MDSP) using structural equation modeling. The instrument is a 12-item self-report instrument, developed in the Scandinavian cultural context and based on Kohlberg's theory. A hypothesized simplex structure model underlying the MDSP was tested through structural equation modeling. Validity was also tested as the proportion of respondents older than 20 years that reached the highest moral level, which according to the theory should be small. A convenience sample of 339 nursing students with a mean age of 25.3 years participated. Results confirmed the simplex model structure, indicating that MDSP reflects a moral construct empirically organized from low to high. A minority of respondents >20 years of age (13.5%) scored more than 80% on the highest moral level. The findings support the construct validity of the MDSP and the stages and levels in Kohlberg's theory.
    Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare 01/2011; 4:165-70.
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