How Do Observers of Victimization Preserve Their Belief in a Just World Cognitively or Actionally?

Reichle, Barbara; Schneider, Angela; Montada, Leo

doi:10.1007/978-1-4757-6418-5_4

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“…There are many strat e gies for main tain ing and defend ing the BJW, only one of which is vic tim der o ga tion (see Reichle, Schnei der, & Montada, 1998). A review of past research and the o riz ing on the BJW and reac tions to vic tims sug gests that the der o ga -tion effect might be par tic u larly dif fi cult to rep li cate.…”

Section: Gen Eral Discussionmentioning

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Investment in Long-Term Goals and Commitment to Just Means Drive the Need to Believe in a Just World

Hafer

2000

Pers Soc Psychol Bull

212

185

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The author hypothesized that the less one focuses on long-term goals, or the less one plans to achieve goals through just means, the less essential is the belief in a just world (BJW) and the less one will work at maintaining this belief when it is threatened. In Studies 1 and 2, participants’ focus on long-term investments was either manipulated or measured, and their reactions to a victim who presented a high or low threat to the BJW were assessed. In Study 2, the tendency to obtain goals through unjust means (delinquency) also was measured. As predicted, strong long-term focus and low-delinquency participants reacted more negatively toward the high-threat victim, presumably to maintain the BJW. Study 3 showed that the more one focuses on long-term investments and the less one uses unjust means, the stronger one’s BJW.

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Section: Gen Eral Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Investment in Long-Term Goals and Commitment to Just Means Drive the Need to Believe in a Just World

Hafer

2000

Pers Soc Psychol Bull

212

185

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“…These scales are similar in their face validity to the Rubin and Peplau (1975) scale but tend to have fewer items, being limited to more general statements that are not specific to particular life domains, although multidimensional (i.e., Furnham & Procter, 1992) and domain-specific scales (e.g., Dalbert & Maes, 2002;Montada & Schneider, 1989;Reichle, Schneider, & Montada, 1998) are not unknown in the post-1980 literature.…”

Section: Individual Differences In a Belief In A Just Worldmentioning

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Experimental Research on Just-World Theory: Problems, Developments, and Future Challenges.

Hafer¹,

Bègue²

2005

Psychological Bulletin

632

547

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M. J. Lerner (1980) proposed that people need to believe in a just world; thus, evidence that the world is not just is threatening, and people have a number of strategies for reducing such threats. Early research on this idea, and on just-world theory more broadly, was reviewed in early publications (e.g., M. J. Lerner, 1980; M. J. Lerner & D. T. Miller, 1978). In the present article, focus is directed on the post-1980 experimental research on this theory. First, 2 conceptualizations of the term belief in a just world are described, the typical experimental paradigms are explained, and a general overview of the post-1980 experiments is provided. Second, problems with this literature are discussed, including the unsystematic nature of the research. Third, important developments that have occurred, despite the problems reviewed, are described. Finally, theoretical challenges that researchers should address if this area of inquiry is to advance in the future are discussed.

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“…In this way they create a greater psychological distance between them and the misfortune which helps them feel safer (Lerner & Simmoms, 1966;Lerner, 1980). This process leads to harsh perceptions and attitudes toward weak people and groups, such as refugees (Montada, 1998), people with AIDS (Connors & Heaven, 1990), the unemployed (Reichle, Schneider, & Montada, 1998), the elderly (Lipkus & Siegler, 1993) or the poor (e.g. Furnham & Gunter, 1984;Bègue & Bastounis, 2003).…”

Section: The Just World Hypothesismentioning

confidence: 99%

Someone to blame: When identifying a victim decreases helping

Kogut

2011

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

102

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How Do Observers of Victimization Preserve Their Belief in a Just World Cognitively or Actionally?

Cited by 40 publications

References 4 publications

Investment in Long-Term Goals and Commitment to Just Means Drive the Need to Believe in a Just World

Investment in Long-Term Goals and Commitment to Just Means Drive the Need to Believe in a Just World

Experimental Research on Just-World Theory: Problems, Developments, and Future Challenges.

Someone to blame: When identifying a victim decreases helping

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