TY  - JOUR
A1  - Bondü, Rebecca
A1  - Elsner, Birgit
T1  - Justice Sensitivity in Childhood and Adolescence
T2  - Social development
N2  - Individuals differ in their sensitivity toward injustice. Justice-sensitive persons perceive injustice more frequently and show stronger responses to it. Justice sensitivity has been studied predominantly in adults; little is known about its development in childhood and adolescence and its connection to prosocial behavior and emotional and behavioral problems. This study evaluates a version of the justice sensitivity inventory for children and adolescents (JSI-CA5) in 1472 9- to 17-year olds. Items and scales showed good psychometric properties and correlations with prosocial behavior and conduct problems similar to findings in adults, supporting the reliability and validity of the scale. We found individual differences in justice sensitivity as a function of age and gender. Furthermore, justice sensitivity predicted emotional and behavioral problems in children and adolescents over a 1- to 2-year period. Justice sensitivity perspectives can therefore be considered as risk and/or protective factors for mental health in childhood and adolescence.
KW  - justice sensitivity
KW  - development
KW  - conduct problems
KW  - prosocial behavior
Y1  - 2015
UR  - https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/38986
SN  - 0961-205X
SN  - 1467-9507
VL  - 24
IS  - 2
SP  - 420
EP  - 441
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell
CY  - Hoboken
ER  -