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Justice sensitivity — JSS-8

Eight questions about injustice toward yourself, toward others, and situations where you benefit from or cause it.

Method and research sources

What this questionnaire explores

Eight questions about injustice toward yourself, toward others, and situations where you benefit from or cause it.

How scoring works

Responses range from 1 to 6. Average items 1–2, 3–4, 5–6 and 7–8 separately. There are no reverse items or overall score. Results range from 1 to 6.

Method and sources

The original publication and supporting material document the questionnaire and its scoring.

  1. Official page
    Justice Sensitivity Short Scales (JSS-8)

    Katharina Groskurth, Constanze Beierlein, Désirée Nießen, Anna Baumert, Beatrice Rammstedt, Clemens M. Lechner

    2024
  2. Validation study
    An English-Language adaptation and validation of the Justice Sensitivity Short Scales–8 (JSS-8)

    Katharina Groskurth, Constanze Beierlein, Désirée Nießen, Anna Baumert, Beatrice Rammstedt, Clemens M. Lechner

    2023

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Does this score define what kind of person I am?

This profile is not a measure of moral worth or proof of fair behavior. Each two-item scale is brief and should be interpreted cautiously; the four scores are not added together.