Justice Sensitivity

Short Description: Individuals differ systematically in how readily they perceive situations to be unjust and how strongly they react to subjective injustice – cognitively, emotionally, and behaviorally. Justice sensitivity from the perspectives of a victim, observer, beneficiary, and perpetrator can be measured reliably with two items per perspective.

Methodological Details: Eight self-report items. Examples include “It makes me angry when others are undeservingly better off than me.” and “It bothers me when things come easily to me that others have to work hard for.”

Available Papers:

Stavrova, Olga, Thomas Schlösser, and Anna Baumert. 2014. Life Satisfaction and Job-Seeking Behavior of the Unemployed: The Effect of Individual Differences in Justice Sensitivity. Applied Psychology 63 (4), 643-670. (https://doi.org/10.1111/apps.12009)

Find the proposal for the module here

Contact	Year	Respondents	Dataset	Variables	Availability	Field	Method
Thomas Schlösser, University of Cologne [E-Mail], Anna Baumert, Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods [E-Mail]	2011,2014,2017	~2400	inno	ivornac01, ivornab01, ivornad01, ivornac02, ivornaa02, ivornaa01, im_js, ivornad02, ivornab02	04/2014	Sociology	Survey items