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Belief in a Just World and secondary victimization: The role of adolescent deviant behavior

Rita Duarte Mendonça et al. (2016)

Published
Jul 1, 2016
Journal
Personality and Individual Differences · Vol. 97
DOI
10.1016/j.paid.2016.03.021
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At a GlanceAI

Links belief in a just world to secondary victimization, highlighting adolescent deviant behavior as a key factor.

SummaryAI

This article examines how belief in a just world relates to secondary victimization in the context of adolescents. It foregrounds adolescent deviant behavior as an important element in this relationship, suggesting that judgments about victims may depend on perceptions of their norm-breaking behavior. The work is relevant for understanding fairness-based beliefs that can shape blame and support toward young victims, with implications for responses in schools and youth-facing services.

Method SnapshotAI

An empirical individual-differences study examining associations between just-world beliefs, secondary victimization, and adolescent deviant behavior.

BackgroundAI

Basic social/personality psychology on belief in a just world, victim blaming/secondary victimization, and adolescent deviant behavior.

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The Belief in a Just World

In this collection I gather (mostly) psychological studies devoted to people’s fundamental belief that the world is just. This construct, it seems to me, quite strongly affects our perception of the world and, importantly, our reaction to ongoing events — especially when we start blaming others, guided implicitly by precisely this motive. The collection includes both curated works, which at some point I read carefully and can say something sensible about, and new works being published on the topic.

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Evgeny Smirnov