Is belief in a just world rational?

Psychological Reports

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 423-426

  Stowers, Deborah A ^a   Durm, Mark W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b ATHENS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001295098     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1998.83.2.423     Document Type: Article

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