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

By C. Hafer. 2000

265 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Applied Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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In Applied Psychology

1. Laurent Bègue
2. C. Dalbert
3. C. Hafer
4. I. Correia
5. Becky L. Choma
6. Julie L. Dempsey
7. K. Otto
8. J. Vala

In Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

1. Laurent Bègue
2. C. Dalbert
3. K. Otto
4. I. Correia
5. Becky L. Choma
6. Julie L. Dempsey
7. J. Vala
8. C. Hafer

In Sociology and Political Science

1. C. Dalbert
2. I. Correia
3. Laurent Bègue
4. K. Otto
5. C. Hafer
6. Becky L. Choma
7. Julie L. Dempsey
8. J. Vala

Citations in the corpus

• Posttraumatic symptoms, depression, and anxiety of flood victims: The impact of the belief in a just world (2006, background): “investments will be fairly rewarded ( Hafer, 2000; Otto & Dalbert, in press).”
• General Belief in A Just World and Resilience: Evidence from A Collectivistic Culture (2011, background): “…the future of the individual’s own fate, and the sense of just world would lead individuals to commit themselves to the pursuit of long term goals (Hafer, 2000; Hafer, Bègue, Choma, & Dempsey, 2005; Lerner &Miller, 1978), whereas this relationship need further exploration in the context of the…”
• Belief in a Just World and Commitment to Long-Term Deserved Outcomes (2005, methodology): “We reasoned on the basis of past research by Hafer (2000b) that, given this function, people should have a greater tendency to attempt to preserve their belief in a just world (e.g., by blaming innocent victims for their fate) the more they focus on long-term goals and on obtaining those goals…”
• When Will a Victim Be Secondarily Victimized? The Effect of Observer's Belief in a Just World, Victim's Innocence and Persistence of Suffering (2003, background): “Lerner and Simmons, 1966) or, at most, two (observers’ BJW and victim’s innocence, Hafer 2000, Study 1; Correiaet al., 2001).”
• Beliefs in a Just World as a Buffer Against Anger (2002, background): “This includes goal-directed behavior such as investment in long-term goals ( Hafer, 2000 ) and unspecific investments in times of need— for example, engaging in prosocial behavior with the aim of “earning” a positive outcome for oneself when this is most needed (Zuckerman, 1975).”
• Experimental research on just-world theory: problems, developments, and future challenges. (2005, methodology): “…with manipulations of threat to the need to believe in a just world show only main effects for just-world scales (e.g., Correia et al., 2001; Hafer, 2000b, Studies 1 & 2; Murphy-Berman & Berman, 1990; Schuller et al., 1994), further suggesting that high scorers have a tendency to respond to…”
• Belief in a just world, justice concerns, and well-being at Portuguese schools (2007, unknown): “motivated to achieve their personal goals by just means (e.g., Hafer, 2000 ).”
• Belief in a just world and its functions for young prisoners (2005, background): “This includes goal-directed behavior such as investment in long-term goals (Dette, Stöber, & Dalbert, 2004; Hafer, 2000).”