Annual of social work, Vol. 14 No. 3, 2007.
Original scientific paper
PERCEPTION OF SOCIAL INJUSTICE OF YOUNG PEOPLE PARTS OF CROATIA DIFFERENTLY AFFECTED BY THE WAR
Olja Družić Ljubotina
Abstract
The paper presents a part of the results of the research conducted during 2003 and 2004 in 14 secondary schools in Croatia, and which included 1118 students. The purpose and the problems of this paper were to analyse the differences in the level of perceived social injustice of the young in Croatia with regard to: (non) affection of war on the area they live in, school major and gender.
The Questionnaire of the perception of social injustice was used. It consists of five sub-scales that are separately analysed in this paper according to the aforementioned variables. The results have shown that there is a high level of perceived injustice in most of young people, particularly considering the different dimensions of injustice in society. Injustice in the family and school is perceived as significantly lower, whereas young persons from post-war areas perceive injustice in these dimensions as lower. Secondary school students from Zagreb express a more critical attitude and higher sensitivity in most of the dimensions, which is confirmed by previous research studies that point to the higher level of the perception of injustice in the people from urban areas.
Keywords
young persons; perception of social injustice; areas affected by war; type of school
Hrčak ID:
18887
URI
Publication date:
30.12.2007.
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