Influence Of Justice Sensitivity On Resistance To Reform

In the implementation of a reform, a considerable number of individuals show resistance to reform, whereas others, although similarly affected, do not react in a resistant way at all. Based on research showing that people differ in how sensitive they are toward injustice (Justice Sensitivity, include four aspects:victim, observer, beneficiary and perpetrator), people high in victim justice sensitivity perceive a reform more as an illegitimate limitation to their freedom resulting in more reactance. Consequently, people high in victim justice sensitivity should show more resistance to reform. Therefore victim justice sensitivity may influence resistance to reform, psychological reactance may have a role in this process.Purpose:Investigate the influence of justice sensitivity to resistance to reform and the role of psychological reactance in this process。Methods:we investigated the relationship between victim justice sensitivity and resistance to reform in section A study1, in section B a questionnaire survey was conducted, we adopted Justice Sensitivity Scale, the Therapeutic Reactance Scale and questionnaire of resistance to reform to measured315university students from a Southwest University。In study2, we adopted cognitive priming procedure to changed students’ justice sensitivity, then tested the change of resistance to reform。Results:①Participants’victim sensitivity showed significantly positive correlation with psychological reactance and resistance to reform, observer Justice sensitivity showed significantly positive correlation with psychological reactance, beneficiary justice sensitivity showed significantly positive correlation with resistance to reform.②The multi-regression analysis results showed that psychological reactance plays a partial mediating role between victim Justice sensitivity and resistance to reform.㈢The victim Justice sensitivity was significant difference under different cognitive priming conditions.④The Reform resistance to reform was significant difference under different cognitive priming conditions。Conclusion:①Participants’victim justice sensitivity and psychological reactance was related with resistance to reform, psychological reactance plays a partial mediating role in victim justice sensitivity and resistance to reform.②It is feasible to changes participants’justice sensitivity by cognitive priming procedure.③When the the justice sensitivity was changed by cognitive priming procedure, participants’resistance to reform changed synchronous。...