System Justification - America or American System Justification (ASJ)

Kay, A. C., & Jost, J. T. (2003). Complementary justice: Effects of "poor but happy" and "poor but honest" stereotype exemplars on system justification and implicit activation of the justice motive. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 85(5), 823-837. doi: 10.1037/0022-3514.85.5.823

The measure: Kay & Jost (2003) System Justification - America.doc
See also the scales on system justification of gender inequality and economic inequality.

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Description:

Purpose		The ASJ was designed to assess "perceptions of the fairness, legitimacy, and justifiability of the prevailing social system" (Kay & Jost, 2003, p. 828).
Questions		8 items using 9-point ratings (1 = strongly agree to 9 = strongly disagree)
Sub-scales		N/A
Domain
Psychometrics
Sample items		In general, you find society to be fair.

References:

Scale:

Kay, A. C., & Jost, J. T. (2003). Complementary justice: Effects of "poor but happy" and "poor but honest" stereotype exemplars on system justification and implicit activation of the justice motive. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 85(5), 823-837. doi: 10.1037/0022-3514.85.5.823

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