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Attitudes Toward Adherence to Moral Norms (Student Version) Test

Designed for student self-reflection, the Attitudes Toward Adherence to Moral Norms (Student Version) Test contains 25 questions and takes about 5 minutes. It profiles responsibility, truthfulness, justice, principledness, and tolerance, helping respondents consider their ethical attitudes, interpersonal choices, and areas for further personal reflection.

Questions: 255 minutes

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How the Scales are Structured

ResponsibilityR

Responsibility measures readiness to take accountability for tasks and support others through commitments and follow-through.

example score11/15

11/15Moderateexample score

5 – 9Low

10 – 12Moderate

13 – 15High

A score of 11 falls in the Moderate range, suggesting a generally responsible stance with willingness to take on commitments in many situations but not consistently in all cases.

TruthfulnessT

Measures the tendency to be honest and truthful rather than justifying dishonest behavior for personal gain.

example score11/15

11/15Moderateexample score

5 – 9Low

10 – 13Moderate

14 – 15High

A score of 11 falls in the Moderate range, suggesting a generally honest orientation with some situational flexibility in how strictly truthfulness is maintained.

JusticeJ

Measures the tendency to make decisions based on equal rights and to respond to violations of fairness.

example score8/15

8/15Lowexample score

5 – 9Low

10 – 12Moderate

13 – 15High

A score of 8 falls in the Low range, suggesting a more passive stance toward fairness and addressing rights violations in everyday situations.

PrinciplednessP

Integrity measures how strictly a student tends to adhere to personal moral principles and expectations toward self and others versus compromising or yielding to authority.

example score7/15

7/15More flexibleexample score

5 – 8More flexible

9 – 12Balanced

13 – 15Highly principled

A score of 7 falls in the “More flexible” range, suggesting a greater tendency to compromise and adapt to authority rather than consistently insisting on strict principles.

ToleranceT

Assesses openness and respect toward others’ opinions, individual differences, and weaknesses in everyday interactions.

example score12/15

12/15Moderate toleranceexample score

5 – 9Low tolerance

10 – 13Moderate tolerance

14 – 15High tolerance

A score of 12 indicates a moderate level of tolerance, suggesting generally respectful acceptance of others with occasional selectivity or limitations in difficult situations.

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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

Students curious about ethics

41%OF USERS

They take it to reflect on how they actually act in everyday moral situations and where they tend to bend or follow rules.

Psychology and education classes

34%OF USERS

They complete it as part of coursework or group diagnostics to discuss values, norms, and behavior in real-life scenarios.

University group research participants

25%OF USERS

They take it during surveys or studies to help researchers measure how strongly students adhere to moral norms in practice.

BASED ON AGGREGATED, ANONYMIZED DATA FROM TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FREUDLY USERS.

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See How You Compare

Once you complete the test, your results are compared with real-world data from people in your country.
Below is a preview of how scores are typically distributed across each scale.

Shaded area — where most people score

Dot — the average

You — your score lands on each curve after the test— your score, after the test

ResponsibilityR

You?

Average9.8

Typical rangeTypical8.3 – 11.3

Possible5 – 15

TruthfulnessT

You?

Average9.1

Typical rangeTypical7.2 – 10.9

Possible5 – 15

JusticeJ

You?

Average8

Typical rangeTypical6.4 – 9.7

Possible5 – 15

IntegrityI

You?

Average8.9

Typical rangeTypical7.1 – 10.7

Possible5 – 15

ToleranceT

You?

Average9

Typical rangeTypical7.6 – 10.4

Possible5 – 15

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SAMPLE QUESTIONS

Example Questions From the Test

- When it does not interfere with the task
- When it does not affect me personally
- When it does not inconvenience others
- The person who made it is still inexperienced and can learn
- It was made for the first time
- A mistake should be punished
- Extremely rarely
- Because it creates a positive image
- Because everyone does it

These are 3 of the 25 real questions — the rest appear in the test. No sign-up needed to start.

WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

Attitudes Toward Adherence to Moral Norms (Student Version) Test - Description and methodology of the test

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For students who want to examine how ethical principles shape everyday choices, the Attitudes Toward Adherence to Moral Norms (Student Version) Test offers a structured self-reflection profile. It focuses on decisions involving obligations, honesty, fairness, authority, disagreement, and differences between people. As a moral attitudes questionnaire for students, it can show which patterns appear more consistent and where personal reflection may be useful.

What This Assessment Measures

Dilemmas turn student moral attitudes into practical choices; five dimensions follow:

Responsibility (5-15) measures duties for self and others; higher scores show voluntary help, lower scores show compelled responsibility. Low 5-9; Moderate 10-12; High 13-15.
Truthfulness (5-15) measures honesty; higher scores indicate honesty under pressure, lower scores indicate dishonest self-interest. Low 5-9; Moderate 10-13; High 14-15.
Justice (5-15) measures equal rights; higher scores show commitment to equality, lower scores show passivity toward violations. Low 5-9; Moderate 10-12; High 13-15.
Principledness (5-15) measures personal principles; higher scores show firmness, lower scores show compromise or deference to authority. More flexible 5-8; Balanced 9-12; Highly principled 13-15.
Tolerance (5-15) measures attitudes to opinions, differences, and weaknesses; higher scores show humanistic motives, lower scores show low tolerance or selfish motives. Low tolerance 5-9; Moderate tolerance 10-13; High tolerance 14-15.

Methodology and Evidence Base

Situational prompts offer three answer choices. Respondents select the option closest to their likely action or attitude. The questionnaire combines responses into scale totals, but it does not specify how many points each option contributes, so the displayed bands should not be read as a per-answer scoring rule.

The questionnaire is conceptually consistent with the student instrument examined in the 2018 study and with the work of Zhuravlev and Kupreychenko. However, its online version is not established as an identical adaptation or as having the published instrument’s psychometric properties. The framework treats moral norms as regulators of conduct, obligations, fairness, and interaction.

The 2018 study reported reliability, validity, item discrimination, internal consistency, and sample norms for the published instrument. The result offers a profile of adherence to moral norms; self-report can reflect social desirability, current circumstances, and limited self-awareness, while displayed bands are interpretive rather than clinical.

Author: James Rest, Lawrence Kohlberg

Literature:

Rezazadeh, Z., Bayanova, L. F., & Gilemkhanova, E. N. (2018). Adaptation of the Test “Attitude to Observance of Moral Standards” on the Sample of Russian Students. Psychological Journal, 39(3), 102-112. 10.7868/S0205959218030091
Zhuravlev, A. L., & Kupreychenko, A. B. (2003). Moral-Psychological Regulation of Economic Activity. Moscow: Institute of Psychology of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Updated: 2025-10-02