How belief in a just world leads to prosocial behaviours: The role of communal orientation

Guo, Yang; Chen, Xuefang; Ma, Jun; Liu, Ying; Hommey, Confidence

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2022.111642

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“…First, this study shows that the college students’ BJW positively predicted prosocial behavior, which is consistent with previous studies by (Cui, 2016 ; Guo et al, 2022 ). It shows that higher BJW among college students means that they believe the world is fair and just, which helps to induce their positive pro-social attitude, and college students, as a member of society, will show a more positive helping attitude when facing individuals in need of help or situation with volunteering (Geng et al, 2022 ).…”

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confidence: 93%

“…It can help people establish a sense of control over the world and maintain a sense of fairness, make individuals willing to follow social norms, and provide motivation for their pursuit of long-term goals (Bartholomaeus & Strelan, 2019 ; Lerner & Miller, 1978 ; Zhou & Guo, 2013 ). As a stable personal belief, the BJW may influence volunteer motivation or prosocial behaviors (Guo et al, 2022 ). If individuals believe that the world is just, then everyone’s efforts will be rewarded accordingly (Dalbert, 2001 ).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Previous research shows that PBJW, rather than GBJW, is connection with altruistic behaviour or against getting bullied (Correia & Dalbert, 2008 ; Donat et al, 2012 ; Fox et al, 2010 ; Li et al, 2018b . Individuals who have positive attitude towards those in need and donate more money to charitable institutions report higher PBJW (Bègue, 2014 ; Bègue et al, 2008 ; Correia et al, 2016 ; Guo et al, 2022 ; Khera et al, 2014 ). Besides, employees with a stronger PBJW are more likely to engaged in extracurricular activities that benefit the organization (Cheng et al, 2020 ; Spence et al, 2011 ).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Just world beliefs and altruistic behaviors of college students during the COVID-19 pandemic: The mediating role of empathy

Wang

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Curr Psychol

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Altruistic behavior is of great significance for individual happiness and social development. The study has focused on the influence of two factors at the individual level on college students’ altruistic behavior. The self-report questionnaires of 2,272 college students on belief in a just world, empathy and altruistic behavior were investigated. The results of the study found that: 1) Just-world belief and empathy both positively predicted altruistic behavior; 2) Empathy influenced altruistic behavior through just-world belief. And from the perspective of motivation theory, it explains that individuals affirm that altruistic behavior will bring spiritual pleasure, so individuals will maintain the consistency of their own internal factors to promote altruistic behavior.This study enriches the research value of altruistic behavior at the individual level and provides an empirical basis for the cultivation of altruistic behavior at the individual level.

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Just world beliefs and altruistic behaviors of college students during the COVID-19 pandemic: The mediating role of empathy

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“…BJW may inhibit aggressive behaviors that suffer from unjust events via three functions: trust, assimilation, and motivation (Dalbert, 2009). The trust function enables people to trust in others and treat them justly, suggesting a positive relationship between BJW and prosocial behavior (e.g., Guo et al, 2022). The assimilation function indicates that individuals with high BJW would likely think of others more justly.…”

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Violent video game exposure and bullying perpetration among Chinese adolescents: The moderating role of belief in a just world

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Nie

Chen

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Exposure to violent video games is associated with aggressive behaviors among adolescents. However, not all adolescents who play violent video games demonstrate bullying behaviors. Based on the General Aggression Model (GAM), this cross‐sectional study examined the interactive effect of individuals (i.e., belief in a just world [BJW]) and situational factors (i.e., violent video game exposure [VVGE]) on bullying perpetration. Using a representative sample of 4250 adolescents from five secondary schools in Southwest China (54.4% males, Mage = 15.14, SD = 1.5 years old), we examined the moderating role of BJW in the relationship between VVGE and bullying perpetration. The results suggest that VVGE is significantly and positively associated with bullying perpetration. Moreover, after controlling for covariates, general and personal BJW interact with the situational variable (i.e., VVGE) to predict bullying perpetration among Chinese adolescents. The positive effect of VVGE on bullying perpetration is lower among adolescents with high general and personal BJW than among adolescents with low BJW. The findings support the GAM theory and highlight the buffering role of BJW in the effect of VVGE on bullying perpetration.

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“…Although the BJW has been proven to be correlated with adaptive outcomes, such as engaging in prosocial behaviours (Guo et al., 2022) and developing and investing in long‐term goals (Hafer et al., 2015; Sutton & Winnard, 2007), BJW has also been associated with right‐wing authoritarianism (Lambert et al., 1998), moralism (Dittmar & Dickinson, 1993) and victim blaming (Correia et al., 2018).…”

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Cognitive dissonance induction as an “inoculator” against negative attitudes towards victims

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Correia

Vries

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Social & Personality Psych

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The "belief in a just world" and the related "justice motive" can be construed as a fundamental drive-in people's life.Paradoxically this "justice motive" may motivate people to be unfair by assigning blame to objectively innocent victims. In two experimental studies, we address the possibility that inducing cognitive dissonance can reduce the assigning of blame to innocent victims. Study 1 (n = 71) consisted of a 2 × 2 design in which participants were randomly assigned to two types of induction (Dissonance induction/Awareness Induction Only condition) and two victims' background conditions (innocent victim v non-innocent victim). In Study 2 (n = 171) 3 types of induction were compared (Dissonance Induction/Awareness Induction/Control condition) with all victims' scenarios considering them innocent. Study 1 showed that innocent victims were less negatively evaluated in the Dissonance Induction condition compared to the Awareness Only Induction condition; non-innocent victims were not differently evaluated in both conditions. Study 2 showed that innocent victims were less negatively evaluated in the Dissonance Induction condition compared to the Awareness Induction condition and the Control condition.Overall, findings suggest that cognitive dissonance induction can be an effective mechanism to reduce assigning blame to innocent victims.

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How belief in a just world leads to prosocial behaviours: The role of communal orientation

Cited by 15 publications

References 60 publications

Just world beliefs and altruistic behaviors of college students during the COVID-19 pandemic: The mediating role of empathy

Just world beliefs and altruistic behaviors of college students during the COVID-19 pandemic: The mediating role of empathy

Violent video game exposure and bullying perpetration among Chinese adolescents: The moderating role of belief in a just world

Cognitive dissonance induction as an “inoculator” against negative attitudes towards victims

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