University of Southern California, United States.
California State University, Fullerton, United States.
J Adolesc. 2018 Jan;62:70-81. doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2017.11.005. Epub 2017 Nov 20.
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 (M = 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.
关于影响青少年司法态度的因素知之甚少。本在线研究探讨了换位思考和歧视经历与其对正义如何得到最好服务的信念之间的关系。参与者包括 179 名具有不同种族/民族背景的高中生（M=16.67 岁，SD=1.02）。更高的换位思考与更少的惩罚性和更多的恢复性态度相关。报告更多个人和种族/民族歧视经历的年轻人更支持恢复性司法态度。换位思考还调节了报告的家庭、个人和宗教歧视与惩罚性司法态度之间的关系：报告更高歧视的青少年表现出换位思考与惩罚性态度之间更强的反比关系。研究结果对旨在实施恢复性政策的学校和社区计划以及青少年的公民参与具有重要意义。
