Critical Social Justice Scale (CSJAS)
Psychology: Mental Health1 sample item
About this scale
This scale measures wokeness and was developed by Oskari Lahtinen (2024) . In the study, wokeness is based on an earlier definition by Sensoy and DiAngelo (2017) :
Sample item(s)
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Notes
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Source & citation
Lahtinen, O. (2024). Construction and validation of a scale for assessing critical social justice attitudes. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 2024, 65, 693–705. https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.13018 . Link to study | Dutton, E. and Kirkegaard, E. (2024), Do conservatives really have an advantage in mental health? An examination of measurement invariance. Scand J Psychol. https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.13065 | DiAngelo, R. (2018). White fragility: Why it's so hard for white people to talk about racism. Boston: Beacon Press.
https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.13018
Link to study
https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.13065
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