“…The WUSCT has strong evidence of reliability and validity as a measure of conceptual complexity in adolescents and adults (Hy & Loevinger, 1996;Loevinger, 1998;Manners & Durkin, 2001). Originally developed for use with women, the instrument was later expanded for use with men and has been validated with samples of racially and geographically diverse middle and high school students, 2-and 4-year college students, and adults from a variety of professions and affiliations (e.g., Bursik, 1991;Cramer, 1999;Novy, 1993;Novy & Francis, 1992;Truluck & Courtenay, 2002).…”