The buffering-Boosting hypothesis of the expression of general and personal belief in a justworld for successes and failures

Social Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 390-397

  Alves, Hélder ^a   Correia, Isabel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Belief in a just world; Buffering boosting hypothesis; Judgment norms; Social desirability; Social utility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893017646     PISSN: 18649335     EISSN: 21512590     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1864-9335/a000151     Document Type: Article

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