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The Belief in a Just World and Perceptions of Discrimination

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Pages 465-474 | Received 22 Feb 1993, Published online: 02 Jul 2010

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Todd A. Collins, Tao L. Dumas & Laura P. Moyer. (2018) Tipping the Scales of Justice: Perceptions of Unfair Treatment in the Courtroom. Justice System Journal 39:4, pages 303-321.
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Márton Hadarics. (2023) Negative contexts as catalyzers: Belief in a just world enhances political trust via perceived procedural justice, and contextual procedural injustice boosts it. European Journal of Social Psychology 54:1, pages 282-297.
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Zhe Shang, Chenhui Zuo, Yan Shi & Ting Zhou. (2024) Does Overqualification Play a Promoting or a Hindering Role? The Impact of Public Employees’ Perceived Overqualification on Workplace Behaviors. Behavioral Sciences 14:1, pages 48.
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Yushu Yang & Xin Xin. (2023) The Influence of Belief in a Just World (BJW) on Driving Prosocial Behavior. The Influence of Belief in a Just World (BJW) on Driving Prosocial Behavior.
Anett Wolgast, Matthias Donat, Johanna Liesen & Claudia Rüprich. (2022) Perspective-taking and belief in a just world matter: Adolescents’ role experiences in bullying processes. Current Psychology 42:31, pages 27372-27387.
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Matthias Donat, Anna Willisch & Anett Wolgast. (2022) Cyber-bullying among university students: Concurrent relations to belief in a just world and to empathy. Current Psychology 42:10, pages 7883-7896.
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Muhammed ŞAHBAZ. (2022) Ergenlerde Adil Dünya İnancı ve Dindarlık İlişkisiThe Relationship between Belief in a Just World and Religiosity among Adolescents: The Case of Gaziantep High School Students. Journal of Analytic Divinity 6:2, pages 174-197.
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Madeleine Thelu, Bobbie Webster, Katy Jones & Martin Orrell. (2022) A cross sectional survey on UK older adult’s attitudes to ageing, dementia and positive psychology attributes. BMC Geriatrics 22:1.
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James E.W. Roseborough, Christine M. Wickens & David L. Wiesenthal. (2021) Retaliatory aggressive driving: A justice perspective. Accident Analysis & Prevention 162, pages 106393.
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Ayşegül SAYAN KARAHAN. (2021) Adil Dünya İnancının Yakın Kişilerarası İlişkiler Açısından Ele AlınmasıConsideration of Belief in a Just World Regarding Close Relationships. Humanistic Perspective 3:3, pages 626-642.
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Stefan N Đorić. (2017) HIV-related stigma and subjective well-being: The mediating role of the Belief in a Just World. Journal of Health Psychology 25:5, pages 598-605.
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Matthias Donat, Claudia Rüprich, Christoph Gallschütz & Claudia Dalbert. (2019) Unjust behavior in the digital space: the relation between cyber-bullying and justice beliefs and experiences. Social Psychology of Education 23:1, pages 101-123.
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Gözde Kiral Ucar, Derya Hasta & Meryem Kaynak Malatyali. (2019) The mediating role of perceived control and hopelessness in the relation between personal belief in a just world and life satisfaction. Personality and Individual Differences 143, pages 68-73.
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Alexandra Suppes, Jaime L. Napier & Jojanneke van der Toorn. (2018) The Palliative Effects of System Justification on the Health and Happiness of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Individuals. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 45:3, pages 372-388.
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Ágnes Zsila, Róbert Urbán & Zsolt Demetrovics. (2018) Anger rumination and unjust world beliefs moderate the association between cyberbullying victimization and psychiatric symptoms. Psychiatry Research 268, pages 432-440.
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Matthias Donat, Anett Wolgast & Claudia Dalbert. (2018) Belief in a Just World as a Resource of Victimized Students. Social Justice Research 31:2, pages 133-151.
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Miao Li. (2015) Pre-migration Trauma and Post-migration Stressors for Asian and Latino American Immigrants: Transnational Stress Proliferation. Social Indicators Research 129:1, pages 47-59.
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Matthias Donat, Felix Peter, Claudia Dalbert & Shanmukh V. Kamble. (2015) The Meaning of Students’ Personal Belief in a Just World for Positive and Negative Aspects of School-Specific Well-Being. Social Justice Research 29:1, pages 73-102.
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Carolyn L. Hafer & Robbie Sutton. 2016. Handbook of Social Justice Theory and Research. Handbook of Social Justice Theory and Research 145 160 .
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Maya L. K. Khera, Annelie J. Harvey & Mitchell J. Callan. (2014) Beliefs in a Just World, Subjective Well-Being and Attitudes Towards Refugees Among Refugee Workers. Social Justice Research 27:4, pages 432-443.
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Juliette Schaafsma. (2013) Through the lens of justice: Just world beliefs mediate relationships between perceived discrimination and subjective well-being. International Journal of Intercultural Relations 37:4, pages 450-458.
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Peter Felix, Donat Matthias, Umlauft Sören & Claudia Dalbert. 2013. Gerechtigkeit in der Schule. Gerechtigkeit in der Schule 11 32 .
Christopher T.H. Liang & Ashley Borders. (2012) Beliefs in an unjust world mediate the associations between perceived ethnic discrimination and psychological functioning. Personality and Individual Differences 53:4, pages 528-533.
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Sejal B. Parikh, Phyllis Post & Claudia Flowers. (2011) Relationship Between a Belief in a Just World and Social Justice Advocacy Attitudes of School Counselors. Counseling and Values 56:1-2, pages 57-72.
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Prem S. Fry & Dominique L. Debats. (2011) Cognitive Beliefs and Future Time Perspectives: Predictors of Mortality and Longevity. Journal of Aging Research 2011, pages 1-13.
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Claudia Dalbert. (2011) Warum die durch die Schüler und Schülerinnen individuell und subjektiv erlebte Gerechtigkeit des Lehrerhandelns wichtig ist. Zeitschrift für Pädagogische Psychologie 25:1, pages 5-18.
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Ann R. FischerKenna Bolton Holz. (2010) Testing a Model of Women's Personal Sense of Justice, Control, Well-Being, and Distress in the Context of Sexist Discrimination. Psychology of Women Quarterly 34:3, pages 297-310.
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Kathleen Otto, Dörte Glaser & Claudia Dalbert. (2009) Mental Health, Occupational Trust, and Quality of Working Life: Does Belief in a Just World Matter?. Journal of Applied Social Psychology 39:6, pages 1288-1315.
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Agustin Echebarria‐Echabe. (2009) Sociopsychological profiles of students that leave the ingroup or engage in social competition. Asian Journal of Social Psychology 12:1, pages 47-53.
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Kathleen Otto & Sabine Schmidt. (2007) Dealing with Stress in the Workplace. European Psychologist 12:4, pages 272-282.
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Mindi D. Foster, Lisa Sloto & Richard Ruby. (2016) Responding to Discrimination as a Function of Meritocracy Beliefs and Personal Experiences: Testing the Model of Shattered Assumptions. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations 9:3, pages 401-411.
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Laurent Bègue & Dominique Muller. (2011) Belief in a just world as moderator of hostile attributional bias. British Journal of Social Psychology 45:1, pages 117-126.
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Peter E. Mudrack. (2005) An outcomes-based approach to just world beliefs. Personality and Individual Differences 38:4, pages 817-830.
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Laurent Bègue & Marina Bastounis. (2003) Two Spheres of Belief in Justice: Extensive Support for the Bidimensional Model of Belief in a Just World. Journal of Personality 71:3, pages 435-463.
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