The Impact of Perceived Social Variability on Adolescents’ Perception of Social Justice

doi:10.12139/j.1672-0628.2025.04.016

Abstract

Abstract:

Nowadays, individuals generally perceive a high degree of social variability. The current study investigated how perceived social variability influences adolescents’ perception of social justice through two experiments. Experiment 1 examined the impact of perceiving high versus low social variability on adolescents’ social justice perception. Experiment 2 further refined perceived social variability into distinct levels and explored its boundary conditions regarding the influence on perception of social justice among adolescents. The results indicated that: 1) perceiving high levels of social variability significantly enhanced social justice perception among high school and college students; 2) there were boundary conditions for the effect of perceived social variability on social justice perception among high school and college students; 3) junior high school students’ social justice perception remained unaffected by perceived social variability.

Key words: perceived social variability, perception of social justice, adolescent, boundary

摘要：

当今时代人们普遍感知到较高程度的社会变化，研究通过两个实验探讨社会变化程度感知如何影响青少年的社会公平感。实验1考察高、低社会变化程度感知对青少年社会公平感的影响，实验2将社会变化程度感知细化为不同量级，考察其对青少年社会公平感的作用边界。结果发现：(1)感知到高程度的社会变化显著提升高中生和大学生的社会公平感；(2)社会变化程度感知对高中生和大学生社会公平感的影响存在作用边界；(3)初中生社会公平感没有受到社会变化程度感知的影响。本研究将个体心理特征融入社会时代背景，为理解现代化进程中青少年社会公平感的动态变化机制提供了新的视角。

关键词: 社会变化程度感知, 社会公平感, 青少年, 作用边界

Jia LIU, Peijin GAO, Nan LI, Min SUN, Xuejun BAI. The Impact of Perceived Social Variability on Adolescents’ Perception of Social Justice[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2025, 23(4): 551-559.

刘佳, 高培晋, 李楠, 孙敏, 白学军. 社会变化程度感知对青少年社会公平感的影响[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2025, 23(4): 551-559.

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社会变化程度感知量级	初中生				高中生				大学生
社会变化程度感知量级	前测	后测	F	p	前测	后测	F	p	前测	后测	F	p
V1	5.20	5.11	0.48	0.490	4.49	4.61	0.72	0.397	4.24	4.40	1.78	0.182
V2	4.56	4.49	0.49	0.484	4.67	4.60	0.18	0.670	4.22	4.35	1.24	0.265
V3	4.52	4.79	3.78	0.047	4.74	4.79	0.11	0.738	3.97	4.13	1.50	0.221
V4	4.59	4.47	0.65	0.419	4.53	4.58	0.20	0.656	4.48	4.66	2.33	0.127
V5	6.03	6.28	4.00	0.046	4.29	4.42	0.70	0.403	4.79	5.10	6.34	0.012
V6	4.74	4.91	0.49	0.484	3.84	3.88	0.05	0.831	4.25	4.60	7.46	0.006
V7	5.32	5.09	2.95	0.086	4.33	4.62	3.80	0.049	4.52	4.84	6.16	0.013
V8	4.55	4.61	0.37	0.543	3.26	3.81	20.22	<0.001	3.98	4.39	11.27	0.001
V9	5.24	5.10	1.14	0.286	4.27	4.70	10.07	0.002	4.25	4.89	27.85	<0.001
V10	4.68	4.70	0.02	0.875	5.41	5.92	14.93	<0.001	4.30	4.74	13.66	<0.001

社会变化程度感知量级	初中生				高中生				大学生
社会变化程度感知量级	前测	后测	F	p	前测	后测	F	p	前测	后测	F	p
V1	5.20	5.11	0.48	0.490	4.49	4.61	0.72	0.397	4.24	4.40	1.78	0.182
V2	4.56	4.49	0.49	0.484	4.67	4.60	0.18	0.670	4.22	4.35	1.24	0.265
V3	4.52	4.79	3.78	0.047	4.74	4.79	0.11	0.738	3.97	4.13	1.50	0.221
V4	4.59	4.47	0.65	0.419	4.53	4.58	0.20	0.656	4.48	4.66	2.33	0.127
V5	6.03	6.28	4.00	0.046	4.29	4.42	0.70	0.403	4.79	5.10	6.34	0.012
V6	4.74	4.91	0.49	0.484	3.84	3.88	0.05	0.831	4.25	4.60	7.46	0.006
V7	5.32	5.09	2.95	0.086	4.33	4.62	3.80	0.049	4.52	4.84	6.16	0.013
V8	4.55	4.61	0.37	0.543	3.26	3.81	20.22	<0.001	3.98	4.39	11.27	0.001
V9	5.24	5.10	1.14	0.286	4.27	4.70	10.07	0.002	4.25	4.89	27.85	<0.001
V10	4.68	4.70	0.02	0.875	5.41	5.92	14.93	<0.001	4.30	4.74	13.66	<0.001

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