Belief in a just world, causal attributions, and adjustment to sexual violence

Social Justice Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 25-42

  Fetchenhauer, Detlef ^a,b   Jacobs, Gabriele ^c   Belschak, Frank ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attributions; Belief in a just world; Rape; Sexual aggression

Indexed keywords

EID: 18244370513     PISSN: 08857466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11211-005-3369-1     Document Type: Article

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