The mediating role of perceived control and hopelessness in the relation between personal belief in a just world and life satisfaction

Uçar, Gözde Kıral; Hasta, Derya; Malatyalı, Meryem Kaynak

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2019.02.021

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“…One aim of our study was to investigate the extent to which the expected relations between PBJW and life satisfaction as well as academic cheating and the mediation effects can be generalized across university students from different countries. The results from both studies confirm most of our hypotheses and support other studies that show justice experiences mediate the relationship between PBJW and outcomes in different situational settings (e.g., family, teachers and classmates), and other countries, such as Turkey, India, and Portugal (e.g., Correia & Dalbert, 2007;Dalbert & Stoeber, 2006;Donat et al, 2016;Kiral Ucar et al, 2019).…”

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confidence: 90%

“…Altogether, PJWB's adaptive functioning seems to be similar in German and Turkish students. This finding is in accordance with other international studies (e.g., Correia, Batista, et al, 2009;Correia & Dalbert, 2007;Dzuka & Dalbert, 2006, Kiral Ucar et al, 2019 and supports the idea that PBJW represents a psychological resource across various nations. Although other researchers emphasize the cultural dependence (e.g., collectivistic vs. individualistic) of PBJW's effects on specific outcomes (Laurin et al, 2011;Nartova-Bochaver et al, 2018;Wu et al, 2011), we did not observe such dependence in the PBJW's relations to university students' life satisfaction and academic cheating.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…Differences in PBJW between various countries have often been studied but were not significant (Alves, Gangloff, & Umlauft, 2018; Social Justice Research (2020) 33:428-453 Correia & Dalbert, 2007;. Moreover, country-specific factors neither seem to impact the relationship between PBJW and life satisfaction (Correia, Kamble, et al 2009b;Donat et al, 2016;Kiral Ucar et al, 2019) nor the relationship between PBJW and academic cheating and other delinquent behavior among secondary students (Donat et al, 2014;Donat, Umlauft, Dalbert, & Kamble, 2012). Consequently, we assumed a cross-national generalizability of the adaptive functioning of PBJW.…”

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confidence: 97%

“…Based on PBJW studies in the school sector, we expected a positive relationship between university students' PBJW and life satisfaction on the one hand and a negative relationship between their PBJW and academic cheating (e.g., Correia, Batista, et al, 2009, Correia, Kamble, et al 2009bDonat et al, 2014) on the other hand. We further examined the mediating role of the students' justice experiences in PBJW's associations with life satisfaction and academic cheating (e.g., Donat et al, 2016;Kiral Ucar et al, 2019). We also aimed to test our hypotheses in one country (two German universities) and replicate these findings in another country (two Turkish universities), which would enable us to evaluate the cross-national generalizability of PBJW's adaptive functioning.…”

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confidence: 99%

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A cross-national study with university students from Germany (n = 1135) and Turkey (n = 634) tested whether personal belief in a just world (PBJW) predicts students’ life satisfaction and academic cheating. Based on the just-world theory and empirical findings in the school context, we expected university students with a stronger personal BJW to be more satisfied with their lives and cheat less than those with a weaker BJW. Further, we investigated the mediating role of justice experiences with lecturers and fellow students in these relations. Differences in PBJW directly and indirectly predicted undergraduates’ life satisfaction. Students’ justice experiences with peers mediated the relationship between PBJW and life satisfaction. Differences in PBJW indirectly predicted undergraduates’ academic cheating. Students’ justice experiences with lecturers mediated the relationship between PBJW and academic cheating. The results did not differ between German and Turkish students and persisted when we controlled for gender, start of studies, socially desirable responding, general BJW, and self-efficacy. We discussed the importance of personal BJW’s adaptive functions and their relevance for international university research and practice.

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“…For example, Sánchez-Álvarez et al (2015) showed that negative affect mediated the influence of emotional intelligence on life satisfaction. Hopelessness also mediated the influence of belief in a just world (Ucar et al, 2019) and bicultural stress (Piña-Watson et al, 2015) on life satisfaction. Hopelessness denotes a set of "negative cognitive schemas" which include "negative expectations about the future" (Ucar et al, 2019, p. 69).…”

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The Importance of Positive Youth Development Attributes to Life Satisfaction and Hopelessness in Mainland Chinese Adolescents

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In contrast to mainstream theories focusing on adolescent developmental deficits, the positive youth development (PYD) approach highlights adolescent developmental plasticity and potentials. There are rich empirical research and review studies showing that PYD attributes promote adolescent well-being. However, the existing literature shows several limitations. First, while there are many Western studies, Chinese studies are sparse, particularly studies in mainland China. Second, most PYD studies are cross-sectional studies with data collected at one single time point. Third, researchers in different Chinese contexts seldom employed validated Chinese scales assessing different domains of PYD attributes. Fourth, few studies have examined the relationships between PYD attributes (measures of eudaimonic well-being) and life satisfaction (measure of hedonic well-being) and hopelessness (measure of negative well-being) in a single study. Finally, the role of life satisfaction or hopelessness as a mediator of the relationship between PYD attributes and psychological well-being is unclear. To explore the importance of PYD attributes to Chinese adolescent psychological well-being, we conducted a longitudinal study with two waves of data collected from junior high school students in mainland China (N = 2,648). At both times, validated measures of PYD attributes, life satisfaction, and hopelessness were employed. Results showed that PYD attributes concurrently and longitudinally predicted life satisfaction and hopelessness with small effect sizes. Cross-lagged panel analyses showed that while Wave 2 life satisfaction did not serve as a mediator of the relationship between Wave 1 PYD attributes and Wave 2 hopelessness, Wave 2 hopelessness served as a mediator of the link from Wave 1 PYD attributes to Wave 2 life satisfaction. In view of the paucity of research findings in this area, the present findings clarify the association between PYD attributes and hedonic well-being (indexed by life satisfaction) and negative psychological well-being (indexed by hopelessness) in Chinese adolescents.

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A dark lens or a dark world? Conceptualising Justice Capital

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P erceptions of justice have been extensively researched within just world theory as both defensive coping mechanisms and as personal resources. This paper advocates for more programmatic efforts to be devoted to understanding perceptions of justice as rational reflections of individual access to justice. Justice Capital is conceptualised here as an individual difference based on status, microsystem authorities, effort-effect pipeline, voice, and society. These dimensions can overlap and operate on both personal and systemic levels. It is a form of capital to experience the effect of one's actions, to be treated fairly by authorities, to self-advocate, and to live in a society that has a higher justice baseline. Currently, just-world theory correlational research alternates between its positive and negative effects and between viewing belief in a just world as a predictor or as an outcome. For research to move forward productively in this field, researchers must articulate and investigate when self-evaluations of justice are rational reflections of participants' individual access to justice and connect research to existing injustices. This paper points to existing evidence of a Justice Capital interpretation and suggests how this construct can advance the theory into new directions of empirical research.

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The mediating role of perceived control and hopelessness in the relation between personal belief in a just world and life satisfaction

Cited by 46 publications

References 45 publications

Students’ Personal Belief in a Just World, Well-Being, and Academic Cheating: A Cross-National Study

Students’ Personal Belief in a Just World, Well-Being, and Academic Cheating: A Cross-National Study

The Importance of Positive Youth Development Attributes to Life Satisfaction and Hopelessness in Mainland Chinese Adolescents

A dark lens or a dark world? Conceptualising Justice Capital

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