Belief in a just world, personality and well-being of adolescents

The Justice Motive in Adolescence and Young Adulthood: Origins and Consequences

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 101-116

  Dalbert, Claudia ^a   Dzuka, Jozef ^b  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRE OV   (Slovakia)

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EID: 28544445277     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203575802     Document Type: Chapter

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