Eight Stages in the Development of Research on the Construct of Belief in a Just World?

Abstract

Examines whether the history of research on the construct of belief in a just world can be adequately described from a typical developmental pattern proposed by A. Furnham. Topics discussed include: a stage sequence proposed by Furnham (1990), and development of just world research (stage 1: identification of a phenomenon, stage 2: replication of the effect, stage 3: the development of a self-report measure, stage 4: validation of the measure, stage 5: factor analytic work and multi-dimensionality, stage 6: multiple multi-dimensional measures, stage 7: doubts about the original concept, stage 8: acceptance and "text-bookization"). (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)