The personal belief in a just world and domain-specific beliefs about justice at school and in the family: A longitudinal study with adolescents

International Journal of Behavioral Development

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 200-207

  Dalbert, Claudia ^a   Stoeber, Joachim ^b  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Belief in a just world; Depression; Family; Justice; School grades

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK REDUCTION; SCHOOL; SOCIAL BELIEF; SOCIAL JUSTICE; WELLBEING;

EID: 33745556123     PISSN: 01650254     EISSN: 14640651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165025406063638     Document Type: Article

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