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The Belief in a Just World

Melvin J. Lerner (1980)

Фундаментальная работа по конструкту The Belief in a just world

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Just world research and the attribution process: Looking back and ahead.

Melvin J. Lerner & Dale T. Miller (1978). Psychological Bulletin

Experimental Research on Just-World Theory: Problems, Developments, and Future Challenges.

Carolyn L. Hafer & Laurent Bègue (2005). Psychological Bulletin

A pretty good review of the 2000s on belief in a just world

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The Justice Motive as a Personal Resource

Claudia Dalbert (2001). Critical Issues in Social Justice

The belief in a just world is not merely a philosophical/theoretical construct. It helps on the daily basis to maintain well-being. That's something I see also in my counselling.

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The Personal Belief in a Just World scale. In other words, people may believe that the world is generally unjust, but that it doesn’t really affect them personally; however, when it comes to things they constantly encounter, that may no longer work...

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Existential Concerns Arising From a Threat to the Belief in a Just World: A Mixed-Methods Study

Evgeny Smirnov & Maria Makarova (2025). Journal of Humanistic Psychology

Many people believe that the existential concerns are givens of the existence. However, it could be the case that they are triggered by other fundamental beliefs, such as a belief in a just world.

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How do people experience innocent suffering?

Evgeny Smirnov (2023). Frontiers in Psychology

Methodological Strategies in Research to Validate Measures of Belief in a Just World

Manfred J. Schmitt (1998). Critical Issues in Social Justice

The Structure of Social Justice Judgments: A Facet Approach

Clara Sabbagh et al. (1994). Social Psychology Quarterly

Who Believes in a Just World?

Zick Rubin & Letitia Anne Peplau (1975). Journal of Social Issues

A foundational work on possible links between belief in a just world and victim blaming, authoritarianism, and support for the status quo.

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And justice for all: Revisiting the Global Belief in a Just World Scale

Brandon Reich & Xin Wang (2015). Personality and Individual Differences

Belief in a just world and its functions for young prisoners

Kathleen Otto & Claudia Dalbert (2005). Journal of Research in Personality

The Reliability and Factor Structure of the Global Belief in a Just World Scale

Wendy E. O'connor et al. (1996). The Journal of Social Psychology

On the Experience of Injustice

Gerold Mikula (1993). European Review of Social Psychology

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

Rita Duarte Mendonça et al. (2016). Personality and Individual Differences

Scale for measuring global (!!, not personal) belief in a just world

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Observer's reaction to the "innocent victim": Compassion or rejection?

Melvin J. Lerner & Carolyn H. Simmons (1966). Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Belief in a Just World

Carolyn L. Hafer & Robbie Sutton (2016). Handbook of Social Justice Theory and Research

An overview chapter in the corresponding book. A good start for those interested in the topic.

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Predicting alternative strategies for preserving a belief in a just world: The case of repressive coping style

Carolyn L. Hafer & Leanne Gosse (2011). European Journal of Social Psychology

Investment in Long-Term Goals and Commitment to Just Means Drive the Need to Believe in a Just World

Carolyn L. Hafer (2000). Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Television viewing and public trust

Barrie Gunter & Mallory Wober (1983). British Journal of Social Psychology

Belief in a just world: research progress over the past decade

Adrian Furnham (2003). Personality and Individual Differences

An alternative review of belief in a just world.

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Belief in a just world: Review and critique of the individual difference literature

Adrian Furnham & Edward Procter (1989). British Journal of Social Psychology

The Justice Motive: History, Theory, and Research

John H. Ellard et al. (2016). Handbook of Social Justice Theory and Research

The psychological bases of ideology and prejudice: Testing a dual process model.

John Duckitt et al. (2002). Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

The perceived relationship between the belief in a just world and sociopolitical ideology

Helga Dittmar & Julie Dickinson (1993). Social Justice Research

Victim’s innocence, social categorization, and the threat to the belief in a just world

Isabel Correia et al. (2007). Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Demoralization: Its Phenomenology and Importance

David M. Clarke & David W. Kissane (2002). Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Foregoing the labor for the fruits: The effect of just world threat on the desire for immediate monetary rewards

Mitchell J. Callan et al. (2009). Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Is the orbital distribution of multiplanet systems influenced by pure three-planet resonances?

M Cerioni et al. (2022). Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Artificial neural network classification of asteroids in the M1:2 mean-motion resonance with Mars

V Carruba et al. (2021). Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Chirikov diffusion in the asteroidal three-body resonance (5, −2, −2)

F. Cachucho et al. (2010). Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy

The Perturbation Theory Approach to Stability in the Scattered Disk

Belyakov, Matthew & Batygin, Konstantin (2025)

Planetary migration and extrasolar planets in the 2/1 mean-motion resonance

C. Beaugé et al. (2005). Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

A key work on the von Zeipel–Lidov–Kozai integral as applied to asteroid dynamics. It derives the key integral (in the restricted three-body problem) (1-e^2)cos^2i, the stationary solution at 90°/270°, the critical angles (i>39°.2), and phase diagrams.

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The long-term evolution of known resonant trans-Neptunian objects

M. Saillenfest & G. Lari (2017). Astronomy & Astrophysics

An interesting numerical-analytical simulation

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Study and application of the resonant secular dynamics beyond Neptune

Melaine Saillenfest et al. (2016). Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy
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