Personal Versus General Belief in a Just World, Karma, and Well-Being: Evidence from Thailand and the UK
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Individual differences in belief in karma and belief in a just world are only moderately correlated.
“Beliefs about karma may partly reflect intuitions about fairness that arise from general belief in a just world (Baumard & Chevallier, 2012), but individual differences in belief in karma and belief in a just world are only moderately correlated (Chobthamkit et al., 2022;White, Norenzayan, et al., 2019), and explicit belief in karma is also shaped by particular religious cultures and cognitive”
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The pattern of just-world motivation has been primarily documented in Western cultures, with some cross-cultural samples.
“This pattern of just-world motivation has been primarily documented in Western cultures, with some cross-cultural samples (e.g.Chobthamkit et al., 2022;Furnham, 1993;Grimes et al., 2015;Kaplan, 2012), as part of general motivational systems in secular participants.”
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- Authors
- Chobthamkit, P., Sutton, R. M., Uskul, A. K., & Chaleeraktrakoon, T.
- Affiliations
- Thammasat University (TH)
- University of Kent (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Chobthamkit, Phatthanakit
- Venue
- Social Justice Research
- Published
- 2022-06-12
- Volume
- 35
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 296-317
- ISSN
- 0885-7466 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-6725
- OpenAlex
- W4281725955
- Cited by
- 21
- References
- 68
- Citations by year
- 2026: 7 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 2
- FWCI
- 5.04
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- doi.org
- Locations
- Social Justice Research (publishedVersion)
- Kent Academic Repository (University of Kent) (submittedVersion)
- Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Funders
- Thammasat University
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Cultural Differences and Values
- Keywords
- belief in a just world, personal belief in a just world, karma, well-being, life satisfaction, depression, cultural differences, cross-cultural comparison
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