Just world research and the attribution process: Looking back and ahead.

Lerner, Melvin J.; Miller, Dale T.

doi:10.1037/0033-2909.85.5.1030

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“…Research on the belief in a just world has shown that when people's belief in a just world is threatened by an innocent victim, they often react by blaming the victim or derogating his or her character if they cannot rectify the situation (see Hafer & Begue, 2005;Lerner & Miller, 1978;Lerner & Simmons, 1966). If the victim deserves his or her fate, no injustice has occurred and the worldview is preserved.…”

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Perceived discrimination as worldview threat or worldview confirmation: Implications for self-esteem.

Major¹,

Kaiser²,

O’Brien³

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Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

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In 3 studies, the authors tested the hypothesis that discrimination targets' worldview moderates the impact of perceived discrimination on self-esteem among devalued groups. In Study 1, perceiving discrimination against the ingroup was negatively associated with self-esteem among Latino Americans who endorsed a meritocracy worldview (e.g., believed that individuals of any group can get ahead in America and that success stems from hard work) but was positively associated with self-esteem among those who rejected this worldview. Study 2 showed that exposure to discrimination against their ingroup (vs. a non-self-relevant group) led to lower self-esteem, greater feelings of personal vulnerability, and ingroup blame among Latino Americans who endorsed a meritocracy worldview but to higher selfesteem and decreased ingroup blame among Latino Americans who rejected it. Study 3 showed that compared with women informed that prejudice against their ingroup is pervasive, women informed that prejudice against their ingroup is rare had higher self-esteem if they endorsed a meritocracy worldview but lower self-esteem if they rejected this worldview. Findings support the idea that perceiving discrimination against one's ingroup threatens the worldview of individuals who believe that status in society is earned but confirms the worldview of individuals who do not.

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Section: Cultural Worldviews and Status Ideologiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Perceived discrimination as worldview threat or worldview confirmation: Implications for self-esteem.

Major¹,

Kaiser²,

O’Brien³

et al. 2007

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

270

312

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“…popularity over the past 40 years (for reviews see Furnham, 2003;Furnham and Procter, 1989;Hafer and Bègue, 2005;Lerner and Miller, 1978). A great deal of this research has focused on the implications of a need to believe in a just world for reactions to various types of victims as well as on the correlates of individual differences in the strength of people's belief in a just world.…”

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Belief in a Just World and Commitment to Long-Term Deserved Outcomes

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“…In the same vein, the status degradation and the disempowerment imposed by the legal system to the offender is a punishment that serves a just deserts perspective (Darley & Pittman, 2003). That is, it is not only a legal issue that maintains social order, but also responds to a psychological need for citizens who live in society, which need to know that their environment is a safe and just place where people obtain what they deserve (Lerner, 1980;Lerner & Miller, 1978).…”

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The accessibility of justice-related concepts can validate intentions to punish

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2015

Social Influence

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El acceso a la versión del editor puede requerir la suscripción del recurso Access to the published version may require subscription AbstractThe present study examined the impact of the accessibility of justice-related concepts when assigning punishment. Across two experiments, participants first were paired with either a pro-social or anti-social target. Next, participants received either an ethics prime (experiments 1 and 2) or a legality prime (experiment 2) compared to a control prime (experiments 1 and 2). Finally, participants reported their intentions to punish the target by taking money from him in an economic game (experiment 1) or their behavioral intentions to punish the target (experiment 2). We predicted and found that punishment assignment was greater for those participants who were paired with the anti-social target and activated the idea of justice-related concepts than for those who did not activate it.

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Just world research and the attribution process: Looking back and ahead.

Cited by 1,304 publications

References 60 publications

Perceived discrimination as worldview threat or worldview confirmation: Implications for self-esteem.

Perceived discrimination as worldview threat or worldview confirmation: Implications for self-esteem.

Belief in a Just World and Commitment to Long-Term Deserved Outcomes

The accessibility of justice-related concepts can validate intentions to punish

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