Justice Sensitivity Is Positively and Negatively Related to Prejudice and Discrimination

Abstract: The trait justice sensitivity captures individual differences in the tendency to perceive injustice and to negatively respond to these perceptions. The tendency to negatively respond to injustice to one’s disadvantage (victim justice sensitivity) was reliably linked to different measures of antisocial behavior and conservative values. Thus, we assumed that victim justice sensitivity should also be positively related to prejudice and discrimination. In contrast, the tendency to negatively respond to injustice to the disadvantage of others (altruistic justice sensitivity), was reliably linked to prosocial behavior. Hence, we assumed that altruistic justice sensitivity should also show negative relations with prejudice and discrimination. In order to test these assumptions, we surveyed justice sensitivity, prejudices against three different groups, and discrimination experiences among N=343 participants (M=26.61 years, 79 percent women) in Germany. We found that victim justice sensiti.... https://www.ijcv.org/index.php/ijcv/article/view/4463

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Justice Sensitivity Is Positively and Negatively Related to Prejudice and Discrimination ; volume:15 ; day:06 ; month:07 ; year:2021 ; International journal of conflict and violence ; 15 (06.07.2021)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Bondü, Rebecca ; Schwemmer, Felicia ; Pfetsch, Jan

Further information

• DOI: 10.11576/ijcv-4463
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2021091716223973331351
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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