Personal and general belief in a just world as judgement norms

International Journal of Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 221-231

  Alves, Helder ^a   Correia, Isabel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Belief in a just world; Injunctive norms; Judgement norms; Social desirability; Social utility

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CULTURE; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; JUDGMENT; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL VALUES; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951982806     PISSN: 00207594     EISSN: 1464066X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207590903281120     Document Type: Article

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