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On the Experience of Injustice

Gerold Mikula (1993)

Published
Jan 1, 1993
Journal
European Review of Social Psychology · Vol. 4 · No. 1
DOI
10.1080/14792779343000077
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At a GlanceAI

The reivew synthesizing how people experience and respond to injustice, with implications for fairness judgments and victim reactions.

SummaryAI

Mikula reviews psychological research on how individuals experience events as unjust, emphasizing the subjective appraisal processes that turn outcomes into perceived injustice. The paper integrates findings on emotional reactions and coping/response patterns that follow perceived unfair treatment. It is useful for situating belief in a just world within broader injustice experience processes, clarifying how justice-related beliefs may shape perceptions and reactions to unfairness.

Method SnapshotAI

Narrative theoretical review and synthesis of prior social-psychological research on perceived injustice.

BackgroundAI

Basic social psychology of justice/fairness (e.g., distributive and procedural justice) and related appraisal/emotion concepts.

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