The Belief in a Just World
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Rape myths serve a similar function to just world beliefs, thereby blaming the victim for their own victimization.
“which was theorized to be serving a similar function to that of just world beliefs (Lerner, 1980), thus blaming the victim for their own victimization (Ryan, 1976).”
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- Authors
- Lerner, M. J.
- Affiliations
- University of Waterloo (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Lerner, Melvin J.
- Venue
- The Belief in a Just World
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Published
- 1980
- Pages
- 9-30
- OpenAlex
- W140031049
- Cited by
- 722
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 26 · 2025: 44 · 2024: 27 · 2023: 34 · 2022: 38 · 2021: 35 · 2020: 28 · 2019: 31 · 2018: 24 · 2017: 21 · 2016: 19 · 2015: 30 · 2014: 19 · 2013: 14 · 2012: 29
- FWCI
- 16.34
- Type
- book chapter
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Springer eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social Power and Status Dynamics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Keywords
- belief in a just world, predictability, goal-directed behavior, planning, long-term goals
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