A psychometric and cross-national examination of a belief in a just world scale

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1396-1406

  Loo, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

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EID: 0036662132     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2002.tb01443.x     Document Type: Article

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