When deserving translates into causing: The effect of cognitive load on immanent justice reasoning

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1097-1100

  Callan, Mitchell J ^a   Sutton, Robbie M ^b   Dovale, Cristina ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognitive load; Deservingness; Immanent justice; Just world theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956617683     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2010.05.024     Document Type: Article

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