How discrimination and perspective-taking influence adolescents' attitudes about justice

Little is known about factors influencing adolescents' justice attitudes. This online study investigates perspective-taking and experiences with discrimination for their associations with adolescents' beliefs about how justice is best served. Participants included 179 ethnically/racially d...

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Published in:Journal of adolescence (London, England.) England.), 2018-01, Vol.62 (1), p.70-81
Main Authors: Rasmussen, Hannah F., Ramos, Michelle C., Han, Sohyun C., Pettit, Corey, Margolin, Gayla
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adolescent Behavior - psychology
Adolescents
Attitude
Attitudes
Citizen participation
Discrimination
Ethnic groups
Ethnicity
Female
Humans
Internet
Justice
Juvenile justice
Male
Minority students
Perspective-taking
Punitive justice
Racial discrimination
Racism - psychology
Restorative justice
Secondary school students
Social Justice - psychology
Students - psychology
Surveys and Questionnaires
Teenagers
Young Adult
Youth
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Summary:Little is known about factors influencing adolescents' justice attitudes. This online study investigates perspective-taking and experiences with discrimination for their associations with adolescents' beliefs about how justice is best served. Participants included 179 ethnically/racially diverse high school students (Mage = 16.67 years; SD = 1.02). Higher perspective-taking was associated with less punitive and more restorative attitudes. Youth reporting more personal and ethnic/racial discrimination experiences endorsed more restorative justice attitudes. Perspective-taking also moderated the associations between reports of family, personal, and religious discrimination and punitive justice attitudes: adolescents reporting higher discrimination showed a stronger inverse relationship between perspective-taking and punitive attitudes. Findings have implications for school and community programs aiming to implement restorative policies, and for adolescents' civic participation.
ISSN:0140-1971
1095-9254
DOI:10.1016/j.adolescence.2017.11.005