ISSN 1671-3710
CN 11-4766/R
主办：中国科学院心理研究所
出版：科学出版社

›› 2010, Vol. 18 ›› Issue (7): 1168-1174.

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A Research on the Chinese’s Implicit Theory of Justice

DU Jian-Zheng;LIU Ning;LI Ming;ZHU Zhen-Bing;XU Ben-Hua   

  1. (1 Institute of Psychology and Behavior, School of Education Science, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China)
    (2 Psychology Department, School of Education Science, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China)
    (3 School of Education Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210097, China)
    (4 Nanchang Campus, Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, Nanchang 330013, China)
    (5 College of Business Administration, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China)
  • Received:2010-05-25 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:2010-07-15 Published:2010-07-15
  • Contact: DU Jian-Zheng

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Abstract: The survey data with 429 participants suggest that the implicit theory of justice commonly hold by people is in such a sequence: 1)Justice is demonstrated by that everyone is equal in the eyes of the law; 2)Justice is demonstrated by that everyone is equal in the chance of access to education, getting a job, investment, and participating in the management of state affairs; 3)Justice is embodied in the fairness and reasonableness of procedure. The factor analysis indicates that the implicit theory of justice has 6 dimensions, including rights, equilibrium, redress, retribution, equality, and evenness.

Key words: justice, implicit theory, rights, equilibrium, equality