Justice Sensitivity Is Positively and Negatively Related to Prejudice and Discrimination
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 antisoci...
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| description | 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 sensitivity predicted more self-perpetrated discrimination. Altruistic justice sensitivity predicted less total prejudice and self-perpetrated discrimination and mediated the link between self-experienced discrimination and prejudice/self-perpetrated discrimination unless age, gender, and education were controlled for. Discrimination can promote discrimination. Future research on correlates and potential risk and protective factors of prejudice and discrimination should also consider justice sensitivity as a moral-related trait. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-28e6152a782c4b0a8ded3415f987a0742022-12-21T20:19:11ZengUniversity of BielefeldInternational Journal of Conflict and Violence1864-13852021-07-011510.11576/ijcv-4463Justice Sensitivity Is Positively and Negatively Related to Prejudice and DiscriminationRebecca Bondü0Felicia Schwemmer1Jan Pfetsch2Psychologische Hochschule BerlinDepartment of Psychology, University of KonstanzDepartment of Psychology, Technische Universität BerlinThe 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 sensitivity predicted more self-perpetrated discrimination. Altruistic justice sensitivity predicted less total prejudice and self-perpetrated discrimination and mediated the link between self-experienced discrimination and prejudice/self-perpetrated discrimination unless age, gender, and education were controlled for. Discrimination can promote discrimination. Future research on correlates and potential risk and protective factors of prejudice and discrimination should also consider justice sensitivity as a moral-related trait.https://www.ijcv.org/index.php/ijcv/article/view/4463justice sensitivityprejudicediscriminationauthoritarianismsocial dominance orientation |
| spellingShingle | Rebecca Bondü Felicia Schwemmer Jan Pfetsch Justice Sensitivity Is Positively and Negatively Related to Prejudice and Discrimination International Journal of Conflict and Violence justice sensitivity prejudice discrimination authoritarianism social dominance orientation |
| title | Justice Sensitivity Is Positively and Negatively Related to Prejudice and Discrimination |
| title_full | Justice Sensitivity Is Positively and Negatively Related to Prejudice and Discrimination |
| title_fullStr | Justice Sensitivity Is Positively and Negatively Related to Prejudice and Discrimination |
| title_full_unstemmed | Justice Sensitivity Is Positively and Negatively Related to Prejudice and Discrimination |
| title_short | Justice Sensitivity Is Positively and Negatively Related to Prejudice and Discrimination |
| title_sort | justice sensitivity is positively and negatively related to prejudice and discrimination |
| topic | justice sensitivity prejudice discrimination authoritarianism social dominance orientation |
| url | https://www.ijcv.org/index.php/ijcv/article/view/4463 |
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