"It's Not Fair": Social Justice Appraisals in the Context of Chronic Pain

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 484-489

  McParland, Joanna L ^a   Eccleston, Christopher ^b  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

belief in a just world; chronic pain; perceived injustice; responses to injustice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889669210     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721413496811     Document Type: Review

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