Through the lens of justice: Just world beliefs mediate relationships between perceived discrimination and subjective well-being

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 450-458

  Schaafsma, Juliette ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Ethnic minority members; Just world beliefs; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879840755     PISSN: 01471767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2013.04.002     Document Type: Article

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