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Two of the most well-known and widely used instruments to measure moral reasoning in adolescents and others are the SRM-SF (Basinger, Gibbs, & Fuller, 1995; Gibbs, Basinger, & Fuller, 1992; Gibbs, Basinger, Grime, & Snarey, 2007) and the SROM-SF (Basinger & Gibbs, 1987; Beem, Brugman, Høst & Tavecchio, 2004). The SRM-SF is a dilemma-free interview measure, whereas the SROM-SF questionnaire includes two moral dilemmas. The SRM-SF elicits the production of moral reasoning, whereas the SROM-SF offers stage-typed reasons that persons may recognize and select as close to their own way of reasoning. The SRM-SFO is a new assessment method for use with adolescents and others (Basinger, Brugman, & Gibbs, 2007). The SRM-SFO was constructed to combine the best of both (SRM-SF and SROM-SF) instruments. Like the SRM-SF, it has a dilemma-free format, which saves a lot of reading time; and, like the SROM-SF, it has objective stage-keyed items, which saves a lot of coding time. That is, the SRM-SFO can be easily and quickly (10-15 minutes) administered in large sample research even with young adolescents, delinquents or other adolescents with an educational delay (Beerthuizen, Brugman, & Basinger, 2013).