A meta-analytic review of the relationship between gender and belief in a just world

Journal of Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 141-148

  O'Connor, Wendy E ^a   Morrison, Todd G ^b   McLeod, Lindsay D ^b   Anderson, Dana ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 21344442338     PISSN: 08861641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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