Belief in a just world: research progress over the past decade

By Adrian Furnham. 2003

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Subfields: Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Victim Blaming Others (2013, background): “Furnham (2003) asserted that religious beliefs may temper the effect of direct victim blaming.”
Mind Perception Is the Essence of Morality (2012, background): “Numerous studies make clear that people are only too willing to blame the victim (Furnham, 2003; Janoff-Bulman, Timko, & Carli, 1985; Lerner & Miller, 1978; Lerner & Simmons, 1966), but these studies frequently involve some kind of uncomfortable arousal or complicity on the part of participants (Cia”
A review of the literature relating to rape victim blaming: An analysis of the impact of observer and victim characteristics on attribution of blame in rape cases (2014, positive): “Support for this theory is found in many studies investigating rape victim blaming (Furnham, 2003; Whatley & Riggio, 1993; Yamawaki, 2009); yet, other studies have not found support for this theory (Hammond, Berry, & Rodriguez, 2011) or have even found support for the opposite (Lambert & Raichle,…”
Fictional Narratives Cultivate Just‐World Beliefs (2008, background): “…tend to happen to good people and bad things to bad people despite the fact that this is M. Appel Fictional Narratives Cultivate Journal of Communication 58 (2008) 62–83 ª 2008 International Communication Association 65 patently not the case’’ (Furnham, 2003, p. 795, who provides a recent review).”
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).”
Student violence against teachers: Teachers' well-being and the belief in a just world. (2007, neutral): “reviews, see Furnham, 2003; Furnham & Procter, 1989).”
Assessing meaning and meaning making in the context of stressful life events: Measurement tools and approaches (2013, background): “For example, although there are individual differences, people typically believe that their lives are predictable, ordered, and meaningful (Epstein, 1991; Janoff-Bulman, 1989) and that the world is coherent and fair or just (Furnham, 2003; Lerner, 1980).”
Experimental research on just-world theory: problems, developments, and future challenges. (2005, methodology): “…whereas the experimental literature tends to be aimed toward testing the motivational implications of an underlying need to believe in a just world (Furnham, 2003), using individual-difference measures at times as a method for garnering further support for the presumed process underlying the…”
The belief in a just world and distress at school (2005, background): “This has shifted the focus to the consequences of BJW for the believers themselves (for a review, see Furnham, 2003).”
General Belief in A Just World and Resilience: Evidence from A Collectivistic Culture (2011, background): “the poor (Furnham, 2003; Furnham & Gunter, 1984), the”
Just world beliefs, causal beliefs, and acquaintance: Associations with stigma toward eating disorders and obesity (2011, background): “Much of the research on just world beliefs has been conducted in the context of psychological phenomena such as the relationship between just world beliefs and victim blaming (Furnham, 2003).”