Assessment of social justice dimensions in young adults: The contribution of the belief in a just world and social dominance orientation upon its rising.

The aim of the study was to analyze the psychometric properties of the Social Justice Scale, composed by Representation, Recognition, and Redistribution dimensions. Likewise, the contribution of social dominance and the belief in a just world in each dimension were analyzed. A total of 471 young adults residing in Madrid participated in the online preliminary study, with an age range of 18-42 years with different genders (74.1% defined themselves as female). The main results indicated adequate psychometric properties for Social Justice Scale through its three dimensions. In addition, we observed that both social dominance and belief in a just world might be psychosocial variables that modulate the levels of social justice. The main findings of the research and need for replication in future studies are discussed.

Factores psicosociales implicados en la actitud hacia la participación del futuro profesorado en Madrid / Psychosocial variables involved in the attitude toward the participation of future teachers in Madrid

A partir del Modelo Tridimensional de Justicia Social de Fraser (2008), compuesto por las dimensiones "Redistribución o Justicia Económica", "Reconocimiento o Justicia Cultural" y "Participación o Justicia Política", se llevó a cabo un estudio cuantitativo del futuro profesorado, a partir de una muestra conformada por 121 estudiantes de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (España). El principal objetivo fue evaluar en dicha población la actitud hacia la dimensión de Participación, así como, la posible relación con los factores psicosociales analizados: la Creencia Global en un Mundo Justo (BJW) y el Autoposicionamiento Político (PI). En cuanto a los resultados, se muestran los estadísticos descriptivos de los ítems de las escalas mediante las que se evalúan las variables descritas. Además, se muestran las relaciones negativas halladas entre la actitud hacia la participación, la BJW y el PI. De cara al futuro, puede ser clave continuar investigando en el ámbito educativo cómo determinados factores psicosociales influyen en la concepción de justicia social del profesorado. Se recomienda la realización de futuros estudios con una muestra mayor, de cara a avanzar con respecto a la generalización de los resultados presentados en este trabajo.

Based on the Three-dimensional Model of Social Justice (Fraser, 2008), composed of the dimensions: "Redistribution or Economic Justice", "Recognition or Cultural Justice" and "Participation or Political Justice", a quantitative study was carried out with a sample conformed by 121 training teacher students from the Autonomous University of Madrid (Spain). The main aim of this paper is to evaluate in these students the attitude toward the participation dimension and the possible correlation with the other psychosocial variables analysed: Global Belief in a Just World (BJW) and Political Self-Positioning (PI). Regarding the results, the descriptive statistics of the items are shown. In addition, negative correlations between the attitude toward participation, the BJW, and the PI were found. In the future, it may be key to continue researching the attitudes and psychosocial variables that are related to the perception of the reality we live in. It is recommended to carry out future studies with a larger sample in order to enhance the generalization of these findings.