When effort is threatening: The influence of the belief in a just world on Americans' attitudes toward antipoverty policy

Political Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 387-402

  Appelbaum, Lauren D ^a,d   Lennon, Mary Clare ^b   Lawrence Aber, J ^c  

^a Institute for Women's Leadership at Rutgers University   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Belief in a Just World; Deservingness; Factorial Survey Methodology; Social Welfare Policy Decisions

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745318461     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: 14679221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2006.00506.x     Document Type: Review

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