Negative life events and nonsuicidal self-injury in prisoners: The mediating role of hopelessness and moderating role of belief in a just world.
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DOI: 10.1002/jclp.23015
Abstract: OBJECTIVES The rate of nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) among prisoners is higher than that in the general population. However, less is known about correlates and risk factors during imprisonment. Based on Dear's model of NSSI in… read more here.
Keywords: negative life; life events; role; belief world ... See more keywords
Less Illusion of a Just World in People with Formally Diagnosed Autism and Higher Autistic Traits
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DOI: 10.1007/s10803-020-04831-7
Abstract: People differ in how strongly they believe that, in general, one gets what (s)he deserves (i.e., individual differences in the general belief in a just world). In this study (N = 588; n = 60 with a formal autism… read more here.
Keywords: autism higher; autistic traits; autism; higher autistic ... See more keywords
Justice Concerns After School Attacks: Belief in a Just World and Support for Perpetrator Punishment Among Chinese Adults and Adolescents
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DOI: 10.1007/s11211-017-0286-1
Abstract: School attacks against children seriously threaten the belief that the world is a just place, in which good people get rewarded and bad people get punished. However, to what extent and in which way belief… read more here.
Keywords: school attacks; punishment; support; belief world ... See more keywords
Physical shortness lessens victim-blaming: The mediating role of belief in a just world
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DOI: 10.1007/s12144-018-0045-y
Abstract: We live in a society where body height matters. Previous research has explored how body height influences individuals’ perception of others, of themselves, and of the surrounding world. Evidence has shown that physical shortness is… read more here.
Keywords: physical shortness; belief world; bjw self; world ... See more keywords
The role of belief in a just world for (dis)honest behavior
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DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2019.01.037
Abstract: Abstract The present work examines the influence of dispositional personal belief in a just world (BJW) on (dis)honest behavior and the moderating role of just-world threats. Assuming a positive link between personal BJW and striving… read more here.
Keywords: honest behavior; world; personal bjw; dis honest ... See more keywords
Symmetries and asymmetries in the belief in a just world
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DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2020.109940
Abstract: Abstract Despite evidence to the contrary, people have a need to represent the world as a just and fair place where prosocial behaviour is rewarded and negative acts are punished. This cognitive bias is termed… read more here.
Keywords: symmetries asymmetries; asymmetries belief; belief world; world ... See more keywords
The empowering function of the belief in a just world for the self in mental health: A comparison of prisoners and non-prisoners
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DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2021.110900
Abstract: Abstract The intersection of societal and psychological justice—people's reaction to corrective justice within the criminal justice system—provides a unique opportunity to understand more about how one's perception of justice relates to adaptive psychological functioning. In… read more here.
Keywords: justice; prisoners non; mental health; non prisoners ... See more keywords
How belief in a just world might shape responses to discrimination: A case study of left-behind children in China
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DOI: 10.1177/0020764018760951
Abstract: Background: Previous study has indicated that perceived discrimination affected the children’s behaviors, but whether belief in a just world moderates the relationship between perceived discrimination and problem behaviors among left-behind children and whether there are… read more here.
Keywords: left behind; problem behaviors; discrimination; belief world ... See more keywords
The Empowering Function of the Belief in a Just World for the Self: Trait-Level and Experimental Tests of Its Association With Positive and Negative Affect
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DOI: 10.1177/01461672211072823
Abstract: Belief in a just world for the self (BJW-self) is a resource that promotes adaptive functioning. We theorize that BJW-self has such an effect because it is empowering. This article reports on four studies (N… read more here.
Keywords: belief world; affect; world self; bjw self ... See more keywords
Relationships Between College Students’ Belief in a Just World and Their Learning Satisfaction: The Chain Mediating Effects of Gratitude and Engagement
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DOI: 10.2147/prbm.s396702
Abstract: Purpose This paper reveals the mechanism of the influence of belief in a just world on college students’ learning satisfaction, and provides reference for further improving the quality of talent training in higher education. Methods… read more here.
Keywords: learning satisfaction; college students; satisfaction; belief world ... See more keywords
Embitterment among the unemployed: A multiple mediation model of belief in a just world.
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DOI: 10.3233/wor-205228
Abstract: BACKGROUND The negative consequences of job loss on financial and psychological quality of life have been well documented. OBJECTIVE This study evaluated the level of unemployed individuals' embitterment and the mechanism by which negative life… read more here.
Keywords: belief world; among unemployed; embitterment; life ... See more keywords