Justice Sensitivity Scale Test

Understand how strongly you react to unfairness in about 8 minutes. Get clear insights into your thoughts, feelings, and responses to handle conflict and build resilience.

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example score

42/50

Perpetrator Sensitivity (PS)

Measures how strongly a person feels guilt or shame and urges to make amends when they believe their own actions have been unfair.

Low

Moderate

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0 – 20: Low | 21 – 40: Moderate | 41 – 50: High

A score of 42 falls in the High range, suggesting a strong tendency to experience guilt or shame and to seek repair when you think you have acted unfairly.

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35/50

Beneficiary Sensitivity (BS)

Measures how strongly a person reacts to receiving unfair or undeserved advantages, including guilt and motivation to compensate.

Low sensitivity

Moderate sensitivity

High sensitivity

0 – 14: Low sensitivity | 15 – 34: Moderate sensitivity | 35 – 50: High sensitivity

A score of 35 indicates high sensitivity in the beneficiary position, suggesting a stronger tendency to feel uneasy about unfair advantages and to want to restore fairness.

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19/50

Observer Perspective (OP)

Measures how strongly you react to unfairness toward others, including moral outrage and motivation to support victims or sanction offenders.

Lower sensitivity

Moderate sensitivity

Higher sensitivity

0 – 19: Lower sensitivity | 20 – 38: Moderate sensitivity | 39 – 50: Higher sensitivity

A score of 19 falls in the Lower sensitivity range, suggesting you tend to experience relatively mild moral outrage and less urge to intervene when witnessing unfairness toward others.

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26/50

Victim Perspective (VP)

Measures how strongly a person tends to perceive themselves as a victim of unfairness and feel motivated to defend their own rights when treated unjustly.

Low

Moderate

High

0 – 20: Low | 21 – 39: Moderate | 40 – 50: High

A score of 26 falls in the Moderate range, suggesting a noticeable but not extreme tendency to feel personally wronged by unfair situations and to seek restoration of fairness in one’s favor.

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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

Conflict-prone team members

41%OF USERS

People who often feel tensions at work or in groups take it to understand what triggers their reactions to perceived unfairness and how they respond.

Highly empathetic individuals

34%OF USERS

Those who strongly feel others’ suffering or injustice use it to see whether they react more as a victim, observer, or protector and why it affects them.

Clients in counseling or coaching

25%OF USERS

People working on emotional regulation, boundaries, or relationship issues take it to clarify how sensitivity to injustice shapes their stress and decisions.

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Offender's Position (OP)

Average

22.6

Normal range

15.9 — 29.3

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Beneficiary's Position (BP)

Average

33.5

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26 — 40.9

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Witness testimony (Wt)

Average

35.3

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28.7 — 41.9

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Victim mentality (Vm)

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14.2

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5.4 — 23

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CLEAR ANSWERS TO COMMON QUESTIONS

Frequently Asked Questions

What does this questionnaire measure?

It measures how strongly unfairness is noticed and how it tends to affect thoughts, emotions, and actions. It summarizes typical reactions across common situations.

What types of situations are included?

Items describe everyday examples of unfair treatment, loss, or unequal outcomes. Responses focus on perceived injustice and likely reactions.

How should responses be selected?

Select the option that best matches what would usually be felt or done in similar situations. Use the full range of response options when appropriate.

How long does it take and how many items are there?

Completion time is about 8 minutes. The questionnaire includes 40 items.

How are results typically used?

Scores indicate relative sensitivity to unfairness and common response patterns. Results may support counseling, conflict work, and research on emotional and behavioral functioning.

WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

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Justice Sensitivity Scale Test - Symptoms and Signs

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This measure assesses individual differences in reactivity to perceived unfairness in everyday situations. The Justice Sensitivity Scale is used to characterize how strongly a person notices and responds to perceived justice violations across common contexts.

Items sample cognitive appraisals, emotional responses, and behavioral tendencies related to unfair treatment. It consists of 40 items and typically takes about 8 minutes to complete. Authors: E. Allan Lind and J. Stacy Adams.

In clinical and research settings, the Justice Sensitivity Scale can support case formulation by identifying patterns of sensitivity that may contribute to interpersonal conflict, distress, or coping responses when fairness concerns are salient.

Author: E. Allan Lind, J. Stacy Adams

Literature: Schmitt, M., Neumann, R., & Montada, L. Dispositional sensitivity to befallen injustice. Social Justice Research. 1995.

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