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The Justice Motive as a Personal Resource

Dalbert, Claudia (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

Smirnov, Evgeny & Makarova, Maria (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?

Smirnov, Evgeny (2023). Frontiers in Psychology

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

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

The Structure of Social Justice Judgments: A Facet Approach

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

Who Believes in a Just World?

Rubin, Zick & Peplau, Letitia Anne (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

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

Belief in a just world and its functions for young prisoners

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

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

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

On the Experience of Injustice

Mikula, Gerold (1993). European Review of Social Psychology

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

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

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

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The Belief in a Just World and the 'Heroic Motive': Searching for 'Constants' in the Psychology of Religious Ideology

Lerner, Melvin J. (1991). International Journal for the Psychology of Religion

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

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

Belief in a Just World

Hafer, Carolyn L. & Sutton, Robbie (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

Hafer, Carolyn L. & Gosse, Leanne (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

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

Television viewing and public trust

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

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

Furnham, Adrian (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

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

The Justice Motive: History, Theory, and Research

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Demoralization: Its Phenomenology and Importance

Clarke, David M. & Kissane, David W. (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

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

A fast method to identify mean motion resonances

Forgács-Dajka, E. et al. (2018). Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

A nice add-on to the classical method of MMR identification based on the analysis of resonant angles. I don't know how it works with objects trapped in multiple resonances at the same time.

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

Cerioni, M. 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

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

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

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

The Perturbation Theory Approach to Stability in the Scattered Disk

Belyakov, Matthew & Batygin, Konstantin (2025). arXiv (Cornell University)

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

Beaugé, C. 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

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

An interesting numerical-analytical simulation

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Study and application of the resonant secular dynamics beyond Neptune

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

Long-term dynamics beyond Neptune: secular models to study the regular motions

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

Long-term orbital dynamics of trans-Neptunian objects

Saillenfest, Melaine (2020). Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy

An extensive review of classical and modern theoretical results on von Zeipel–Lidov–Kozai resonances. If you need analysis, it’s here.

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Resonances in the Neptune-Pluto System

Williams, J. G. & Benson, G. S. (1971). The Astronomical Journal

A fundamental work showing that Pluto is protected from close encounters by the 3:2 mean-motion resonance with Neptune and von Zeipel–Lidov–Kozai resonance.

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