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Individual Differences in the Belief in a Just World and Responses to Personal Misfortune

  • Hafer C
  • Olson J
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4757-6418-5_5
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Abstract

According to just world theory (Lerner, 1977, 1980; Lerner, Miller, & Holmes, 1976), people have a basic need to believe that the world is a just place—a place where individuals get what they deserve and deserve what they get. The belief in a just world...

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Hafer, C. L., & Olson, J. M. (1998). Individual Differences in the Belief in a Just World and Responses to Personal Misfortune (pp. 65–86). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-6418-5_5

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