Experimental research on just-world theory: problems, developments, and future challenges.

By C. Hafer, Laurent Bègue. Psychological bulletin, 2005

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Subfields: Cognitive Neuroscience, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Social psychological perspectives on the legitimation of social inequality: Past, present and future (2013, neutral): “…to perceive existing arrangements as fair and just may contribute to the acceptance and legitimation of social inequality, insofar as it leads people to blame individual victims for their plight rather than situational or societal factors (e.g., Hafer & Bègue, 2005; Jost & Kay, 2010; Lerner, 1980).”
Perceived Injustice and Adverse Recovery Outcomes (2014, background): “…in situations that are characterized by a violation of basic human rights, transgressions of status or rank, or challenges to equity norms and just world beliefs (Fetchenhauer & Huang, 2004; Hafer & Begue, 2005; McParland & Eccleston, 2013; McParland & Knussen, 2010; Mohiyeddini & Schmitt, 1997).”
God and the government: testing a compensatory control mechanism for the support of external systems. (2008, background): “…perceptions of personal control have been asserted as a primary means of fulfilling the motivation to guard against randomness in the social world (Hafer & Bègue, 2005; JanoffBulman, 1992; Lerner, 1980)—raises an intriguing question: How might people maintain beliefs in order and structure, and…”
Posttraumatic symptoms, depression, and anxiety of flood victims: The impact of the belief in a just world (2006, background): “Consequently, the belief in a just world (BJW) serves adaptive functions, and people try to protect this belief when they are confronted with injustice (Bulman & Wortman, 1977; Furnham, 2003; Hafer & Bègue, 2005).”
Belief in a Just World and Commitment to Long-Term Deserved Outcomes (2005, methodology): “…effects for the noninnocent victim who should pose little threat to a belief in a just world in the first place; this victim should be relatively (and nondefensively) condemned in any case because she is in part responsible for her negative fate (see Feather, 1999; Hafer and Bègue, 2005, p. 141)”
A Model of Third Parties' Morally Motivated Responses to Mistreatment in Organizations (2011, background): “…Miller, 1977; Zuckerman, 1975), much of the empirical research on belief in a just world has emphasized the phenomenon of victim derogation, in which bystanders blame sufferers for their own misfortunes and perceive victims of injustice in a negative light (see Hafer & Bègue, 2005, for a review).”
Prejudice reduction: what works? A review and assessment of research and practice. (2009, methodology): “…the methods, interventions, and dependent variables are so diverse that meta-analysis is potentially meaningless (Baumeister & Leary 1997; see also Hafer & Bègue 2005), especially given that many of the research designs used in this literature are prone to bias, rendering their findings…”
Re‐Establishing the Social‐Class Order: Restorative Reactions against High‐Achieving, Low‐SES Pupils (2017, background): “Individuals can reinterpret either the cause of an injustice, by blaming the victims instead of the situation or the perpetrator; or the outcome of an injustice, by explaining its consequences as positive for the victim (Hafer & Bègue, 2005).”