Mediators of the relation between beliefs in a just world and emotional responses to negative outcomes

被引：8

作者：

Hafer C.L. ^{[1
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Correy B.L. ^{[1
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机构：

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

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

来源：

Social Justice Research | 1999年 / 12卷 / 3期

关键词：

Attributions; Beliefs; Emotion; Just world; Perceived unfairness;

D O I：

10.1023/A:1022144317302

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摘要：

Research shows that strong believers in a just world respond with less negative and more positive emotion to their own negative outcomes than do weak believers. The present study investigated mediators of this relation. We proposed that strong believers in a just world (versus weak believers) would make stronger internal and weaker external attributions for their negative outcomes, leading to reduced perceived unfairness, which, in turn, was expected to lead to less negative and more positive emotion. We assessed the just world beliefs of a sample of undergraduates as well as measuring their cognitive and emotional responses to an exam grade. Mediational analyses showed that our data were consistent with the processes proposed above. Various cognitive and motivational interpretations of the present findings are discussed. © 1999 Plenum Publishing Corporation.

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页码：189 / 204

页数：15

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