Belief in a Just World as a Resource of Victimized Students

Belief in Just World as a Predictor of Psychological Problems Among Hermaphrodites in Pakistan

“…These results were in line with our studies [34]. Strong belief in just world has positive relationship with positive trait and decrease in case of negative situations [35].…”

Embitterment and Posttraumatic Embitterment Disorder (PTED): An Old, Frequent, and Still Underrecognized Problem

“…This can be understood as an inborn basic belief or cognitive schema [15, 62] which can already be observed in little children, and is indispensable for interactions with other people, the organization of groups, and even societies. The belief in justice is the basis of social behavior and mediates a feeling of empowerment and “controllability of the world” [59, 63, 64]. Injustice is experienced as an act of aggression and downgrading, resulting in counteraggression.…”

Subjective Well-Being From a Just-World Perspective: A Multi-Dimensional Approach in a Student Sample

“…In more detail, a strong BJW related to better life satisfaction and less stress (Lucas et al, 2013; Khera et al, 2014), and better global well-being (Dalbert, 2002; Correia and Dalbert, 2007; Nasser et al, 2011). Furthermore, strong BJW was also connected with high endorsements of self-esteem (Dalbert, 1999; Donat et al, 2016), a decreased victimization risk in bullying situations (Kamble and Dalbert, 2012; Donat et al, 2016, 2018), a decreased stigma exposure in HIV-patients (Dorić, 2017), and positive affiliative attitudes (Sutton et al, 2017). Moreover, in line with recent research, in which subjective well-being is usually conceptualized as a multidimensional phenomenon (e.g., Diener et al, 2002), just-world researchers have investigated the relation of BJW to different dimensions of subjective well-being, for example depressive symptoms (e.g., Kamble and Dalbert, 2012) or positive and negative affect (e.g., Dzuka and Dalbert, 2002, 2007).…”