Belief in a just world, justice concerns, and well-being at Portuguese schools

European Journal of Psychology of Education

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 421-437

  Correia, Isabel ^a   Dalbert, Claudia ^b  

^a INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Just world beliefs; Personality; School; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349164752     PISSN: 02562928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03173464     Document Type: Article

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