Justice for all, or just for me? More evidence of the importance of the self-other distinction in just-world beliefs

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 637-645

  Sutton, Robbie M ^a   Douglas, Karen M ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blame; Just world; Justice; Life satisfaction; Locus of control; Prejudice; Self esteem; Social desirability

Indexed keywords

EID: 21844476430     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2005.02.010     Document Type: Article

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