Belief in a just world and commitment to long-term deserved outcomes

被引：14

作者：

Hafer C.L. ^{[1
,3
]}

Bègue L. ^{[2
]}

Choma B.L. ^{[1
]}

Dempsey J.L. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Brock University, St. Catharines, Ont.

[2] University of Grenoble, Grenoble

[3] Department of Psychology, Brock University, St. Catharines

来源：

Social Justice Research | 2005年 / 18卷 / 4期

关键词：

Belief in a just world; Justice; Long-term goals; Psychopathy;

D O I：

10.1007/s11211-005-8569-3

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摘要：

We investigated whether people need to believe in a just world in part because such a belief helps people to work toward long-term goals and to do so in such a way that they are deserved. We assessed participants' long-term goal focus and also their commitment to deserving their outcomes (via a psychopathy scale). In a second session, participants were then exposed to a victim whose situation did or did not contradict a belief in a just world. When the victim's situation contradicted a belief in a just world, the greater the participants' tendency to focus on long-term outcomes, the more they blamed the victim for her misfortune; but this relation only occurred for participants with a strong commitment to deserving their outcomes (i.e., those low in psychopathy). The results are consistent with our argument that, given the function of the belief in a just world proposed in this article, people would have a greater need to preserve the belief (e.g., by blaming victims of injustice) the greater their investment in long-term and deserved outcomes. © 2005 Springer Science + Business Media, Inc.

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页码：429 / 444

页数：15

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