Justice motive effects in ageism: The effects of a victim's age on observer perceptions of injustice and punishment judgments

When idols look into the future: Fair treatment modulates the affective forecasting error in talent show candidates

“…A rich body of social psychological research suggests that reactions to negative events may be caused by the threat this poses to people's assumptions about the controllability, and fairness of their worlds. Probably one of the earliest and best known renditions of this psychological principle is Lerner's (1980) articulation of his 'just-world' theory (for more recent variants of this theory, see for instance Callan, Dawtry, & Olson, 2012;Callan, Ellard, & Nicol, 2006;Otto, Glaser, & Dalbert, 2009). These theoretical perspectives predict that people have a deep-seated psychological need to believe that the world is a fair place, in which individuals get what they deserve (Sutton & Winnard, 2007).…”

Changing negative stereotypes regarding aging in undergraduate nursing students

“…Stereotypes toward aging are cultural and are therefore a part of society (Callan et al, 2012;Meisner, 2012). Nursing undergraduates' attitudes and perspectives toward older people and perceptions of working with older people are of international interest to the nursing profession, governments and service providers, especially due to the shortage of qualified nurses (Auerbach et al, 2013).…”

“…These views represent myths and prejudices that hinder aging well and limit the proper integration of the elderly into society (Jönson, 2013). Therefore, aging in our society has negative connotations that are associated with decay and changes that highlight the biological nature of the deterioration and loss of skills (Fernández-Ballesteros et al, 2013;Callan et al, 2012), and these negative stereotypes are maintained both by society and by age groups (Meisner, 2012).…”

The Why and How of Defending Belief in a Just World

“…First, a number of researchers have investigated punishment in the context of BJW-defense (e.g., Callan, Dawtry, & Olson, 2012;Callan, Powell, & Ellard, 2007;Kaiser, Vick, & Major, 2004;Wayment, Barger, Tolle, & O'Mara, 2010). In Callan et al (2012), for example, participants (especially those high in ageism) perceived innocent suffering as more unfair, and presumably more threatening to BJW, if they were confronted with a victim who was young versus old. In turn, participants recommended harsher punishment for the perpetrator of the injustice in the case of younger versus older innocent victims.…”