Inter-individual stabilization of justice sensitivity in childhood and adolescence

Bondü, Rebecca; Hannuschke, Marianne; Elsner, Birgit; Gollwitzer, Mario

doi:10.1016/j.jrp.2016.06.021

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“…Positive associations between altruistic JS and a higher self‐importance of moral traits than of other positive traits confirmed the notion that altruistic JS is positively associated with moral identity (Bondü et al, 2016). This association was mainly due to perpetrator JS, because there were no such relations with observer JS.…”

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confidence: 61%

“…Positive associations with social skills, such as ToM and empathy, and affective and behavioral self‐regulation (Bondü & Kleinfeldt, 2021; Schmitt et al, 2005; Strauß et al, 2020) may facilitate to act in accordance with moral norms. Furthermore, altruistic JS may be enhanced by positive social interactions resulting from behavior in line with these traits so that JS may be a predecessor or part of moral identity (Bondü et al, 2016; also see Gollwitzer et al, 2009). Finally, the moral emotion of guilt that is closely related with perpetrator JS was shown to inform moral self‐regulation and children's prosocial moral norm development (Maltese & Baumert, 2019; Malti et al, 2016; Thomas et al, 2012).…”

Section: Justice Sensitivitymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Links between justice sensitivity and moral reasoning, moral emotions, and moral identity in middle childhood

Strauß

Bondü

2021

Child Development

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Middle childhood is a critical phase for moral development with marked changes in moral reasoning (i.e., the level of justification for moral conduct) and moral emotions (i.e., affective responses to moral-related situations), and early indicators of moral identity (i.e., the consolidation of self-concept and moral traits; Hardy & Carlo, 2011;. Recent research indicated that individual differences in the tendency to frequently perceive and intensively respond to injustice, that is, in justice sensitivity (JS), also manifest in this age range (Strauß et al., 2020). Because JS was considered a moral trait (Baumert et al., 2013) and consistently related to prosocial behavior in older age groups (Bondü & Elsner, 2015;Edele et al., 2013;Strauß et al., 2020), it may also add to explain moral development. However, the potential role of moral-related traits for different dimensions of moral development in general was hardly considered and potential differential associations between JS in particular and moral cognitions, moral emotions, as well as moral identity have never been examined up to now. This, however, seems particularly interesting in childhood as a sensitive phase for both moral and JS development and because relations may be complex, as JS comprises concerns for justice for the self and for others. Therefore, the present study examined potential relations between JS and common measures of morality in middle childhood while controlling for theory of mind (ToM) and empathy as relevant social skills. Justice sensitivityJustice is an important aspect of what is generally considered as moral (Kohlberg, 1976;Rawls, 1971).

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Links between justice sensitivity and moral reasoning, moral emotions, and moral identity in middle childhood

Strauß

Bondü

2021

Child Development

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“…However, individuals differ in their tendency to detect and react to justice issues (Baumert & Schmitt, 2016), and these dispositional differences predict altruistic sharing, transgressive behavior, and moral judgments (Decety & Yoder, 2015; Gollwitzer, Schmitt, Schalke, Maes, & Baer, 2005). Importantly, personal involvement alters a situation; sensitivity to self-focused and other-focused justice are distinct and follow different developmental pathways (Bondü, Hannuschke, Elsner, & Gollwitzer, 2016). Whereas other-focused justice sensitivity reflects genuine prosocial concern for the welfare of others, self-focused justice sensitivity includes increased distrust of others’ intentions (Baumert & Schmitt, 2016).…”

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The neuroscience of morality and social decision-making

Yoder

Decety

2017

Psychology, Crime & Law

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Across cultures humans care deeply about morality and create institutions, such as criminal courts, to enforce social norms. In such contexts, judges and juries engage in complex social decision-making to ascertain a defendant’s capacity, blameworthiness, and culpability. Cognitive neuroscience investigations have begun to reveal the distributed neural networks which interact to implement moral judgment and social decision-making, including systems for reward learning, valuation, mental state understanding, and salience processing. These processes are fundamental to morality, and their underlying neural mechanisms are influenced by individual differences in empathy, caring and justice sensitivity. This new knowledge has important implication in legal settings for understanding how triers of fact reason. Moreover, recent work demonstrates how disruptions within the social decision-making network facilitate immoral behavior, as in the case of psychopathy. Incorporating neuroscientific methods with psychology and clinical neuroscience has the potential to improve predictions of recidivism, future dangerousness, and responsivity to particular forms of rehabilitation.

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“…A factor structure of correlated but separable subscales was found in adolescents and adults, with self- and parent reports and different JS measures. Stability rates ranged between 0.5 and 0.6 for all perspectives ( Schmitt et al, 2010 ; Bondü et al, 2016 ). Out of two studies in middle childhood, only one could replicate this factor structure ( Ehrhardt-Madapathi et al, 2018 ; Strauß et al, 2020 ).…”

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“…Research established strong measurement invariance (MI) for JS between points of measurement, self- and parent reports, and boys and girls ( Schmitt et al, 2010 ; Bondü et al, 2016 ). Given the differences in mean-level values, the findings of strict MI between self- and parent ratings in middle childhood were surprising, especially because their correlations were small ( Strauß et al, 2020 ).…”

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Justice Sensitivity in Middle Childhood: A Replication and Extension of Findings

Bondü

Kleinfeldt

2021

Front. Psychol.

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Previous research showed justice sensitivity (JS) – the tendency to perceive and negatively respond to injustice as a victim, observer, or perpetrator – to be reliably and validly measurable in middle childhood, but unexpected findings concerning mean values and measurement invariance (MI) require replication, and retest reliabilities, longitudinal relations with prosocial and aggressive behavior, and relations with teacher ratings are currently unknown. This study, therefore, examined mean values, factor structure, retest reliabilities, and MI of self- and parent-rated JS as well as their relations with parent- and teacher-rated prosocial and aggressive behavior and a range of social skills in a sample of 1,329 children between 5 and 12 years of age (first measurement: M = 8.05, SD = 1.02, 51.1% girls). Using self- and parent ratings, we could replicate the intended factor structure of three related yet distinct JS subscales (victim, observer, and perpetrator). We found strong MI between those ratings. Retest reliabilities of parent ratings were similar to older age groups, but lower for self-ratings. All JS perspectives were positively related with theory of mind and empathy, indicating a good understanding of others’ internal states. Victim JS was negatively related to affective and behavioral self-regulation, whereas observer and perpetrator JS showed positive relations. Victim JS negatively and observer and perpetrator JS positively predicted prosocial behavior. The opposite pattern was found regarding aggressive behavior. This study provides additional support that JS can be measured via self- and other reports in childhood and that it may influence behavior early on. It adds to explaining the relations with prosocial and aggressive behavior.

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Inter-individual stabilization of justice sensitivity in childhood and adolescence

Cited by 15 publications

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Links between justice sensitivity and moral reasoning, moral emotions, and moral identity in middle childhood

Links between justice sensitivity and moral reasoning, moral emotions, and moral identity in middle childhood

The neuroscience of morality and social decision-making

Justice Sensitivity in Middle Childhood: A Replication and Extension of Findings

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