Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Social Justice Scale (SJS)

• Published in: American journal of community psychology Vol. 50; no. 1-2; pp. 77 - 88
• Main Authors: Torres-Harding, Susan R., Siers, Brian, Olson, Bradley D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Boston Springer US 01.09.2012; Blackwell Science Ltd
• Subjects: Attitudes; Behavioral Science and Psychology; Clinical Psychology; Community and Environmental Psychology; Confirmatory factor analysis; Decisions; Factor Analysis, Statistical; Female; Health Psychology; Humans; Locus of Control; Male; Original Paper; Personality and Social Psychology; Psychology; Psychometric evaluation; Psychometrics; Public Health; Quantitative psychology; Racism; Sexism; Social Attitudes; Social Justice; Social Values; Student Attitudes; Students; Surveys and Questionnaires - standards; Teachers; Theory of planned behavior; Psychometric evaluation; Confirmatory factor analysis; Social justice; Theory of planned behavior

The study describes the development of the Social Justice Scale (SJS). Practitioners, educators, students, and other members of the community differ on their attitudes and values regarding social justice. It is important to assess, not only individuals’ attitudes and values around social values, but...