The belief in a just world: An examination of reliability estimates across three measures

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 399-401

  Hellman, Chan M ^a   Muilenburg Trevino, Evie M ^a   Worley, Jody A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GLOBAL BELIEF IN A JUST WORLD SCALE; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; JUST WORLD SCALE; JUST WORLD SCALE REVISED; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 46349085973     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223890802108238     Document Type: Article

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