Beliefs in justice and faith in people: Just world, religiosity and interpersonal trust

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 375-382

  Bègue, Laurent ^a,b  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b UFR SHS   (France)

Author keywords

Interpersonal trust; Just world beliefs; Multidimensionality; Religiosity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013112368     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(00)00224-5     Document Type: Article

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