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Can We Measure Social Justice? Development and Initial Validation of a Tool Measuring Social Justice Through Values

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  • Marina Alexandra Tudoran

    (Sociology and Political Sciences, Doctoral School of Philosophy, West University of Timisoara, 300223 Timișoara, Romania)

  • Laurențiu Gabriel Țîru

    (Faculty of Sociology and Psychology, West University of Timisoara, 300223 Timișoara, Romania)

  • Alexandru Neagoe

    (Faculty of Sociology and Psychology, West University of Timisoara, 300223 Timișoara, Romania)

Abstract

The Social Justice Values (SJV) scale, as presented in this work, was developed to assess individuals’ attitudes and behaviors towards the values of social justice. Exploratory factor analysis and reliability analysis were employed to ascertain the validity and reliability of the SJV instrument. The investigations revealed that the scale consists of 17 items across three factors, namely, instrumental values of social justice, social terminal values of social justice, and personal terminal values of social justice. The Cronbach alpha coefficient for the entire scale was 0.893. The nomological validity of the proposed scale was assessed by testing its association with two relevant scales: Distributive Justice and Multidimensional Belief in A Just World. Although the investigations indicated that this scale is a reliable instrument for assessing social justice through values among university students, further studies are required to confirm its validity with other samples.

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  • Marina Alexandra Tudoran & Laurențiu Gabriel Țîru & Alexandru Neagoe, 2024. "Can We Measure Social Justice? Development and Initial Validation of a Tool Measuring Social Justice Through Values," Societies, MDPI, vol. 14(11), pages 1-18, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsoctx:v:14:y:2024:i:11:p:238-:d:1522126
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