Physical shortness lessens victim-blaming: The mediating role of belief in a just world

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bao-yu Bai ◽  
Xiao-xiao Liu ◽  
Mark Khei
Keyword(s):  
Victim Blaming ◽  
Just World ◽  
Mediating Role

scholarly journals Victim Blaming and Exoneration of the Perpetrator in Domestic Violence: The Role of Beliefs in a Just World and Ambivalent Sexism

2011 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 195-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Inmaculada Valor-Segura ◽  
Francisca Expósito ◽  
Miguel Moya
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Ambivalent Sexism ◽  
Hostile Sexism ◽  
Victim Blaming ◽  
Just World Beliefs ◽  
Just World ◽  
Dependent Variables ◽  
Male Friend

The existence of domestic violence is closely linked to several ideological factors that include sexism and other beliefs about society in general, namely the belief in a just world. In this study, which involved 485 people of both sexes aged between 18 and 70 years, we analyzed the influence of these ideological variables of the perceivers and characteristics of the situation on judgments of a gender aggression – blaming the victim and exonerating the perpetrator. Results showed differences in the reactions of observers depending on the cause that triggered the aggression. Participants blamed the victim and exonerated the aggressor more when no cause of the aggression was mentioned than when a cause was mentioned (the woman wanted to separate, to see an old male friend, or simply to take a trip with her female friends). We also found clear effects of hostile sexism and just world beliefs on the dependent variables. Results showed that the influence of just world beliefs depended on the fact of mention or not a cause for the aggression.

Body shortness lowers belief in a just world: The mediating role of life satisfaction

2016 ◽  
Vol 101 ◽  
pp. 366-370 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bao-yu Bai ◽  
Xiao-xiao Liu ◽  
Shi-jie Shang ◽  
Nian Zhong ◽  
Qing-peng Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Just World ◽  
Mediating Role

scholarly journals Belief in free will and victim blaming

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oliver Genschow ◽  
Benjamin Vehlow
Keyword(s):  
Free Will ◽  
Political Ideology ◽  
Victim Blaming ◽  
Just World Beliefs ◽  
Just World ◽  
Criminal Offenders ◽  
Religious Worldviews

The more people believe in free will, the harsher their punishment of criminal offenders. A reason for this finding is that belief in free will leads individuals to perceive others as responsible for their behavior. While research supporting this notion has mainly focused on criminal offenders, the perspective of the victims has been neglected so far. We filled this gap and hypothesized that individuals’ belief in free will is positively correlated with victim blaming—the tendency to make victims responsible for their bad luck. In three studies, we found that the more individuals believe in free will, the more they blame victims. Study 3 revealed that belief in free will is correlated with victim blaming even when controlling for just world beliefs, religious worldviews, and political ideology. The results contribute to a more differentiated view of the role of free will beliefs and attributed intentions.

scholarly journals Victim blaming among young students

2021 ◽  
pp. 178-186
Author(s):  
V. P. Kurachinskaya ◽  
O. A. Kulikova
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Victim Blaming ◽  
Basic Information ◽  
Just World ◽  
Negative Experience ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Media ◽  
Major Factors ◽  
The Impact

The article presents basic information on the problem of victim blaming, describes the history of the appearance of this concept. Major factors in the formation of victim blaming such as patriarchal attitudes, the phenomenon of a just world, family and upbringing, established social cliches and patterns of relationships and the media have been identified. The results of the study have been presented, from which the level of awareness of young people about the problem of victim blaming and their views in the context of the problem have been outlined. The role of the immediate environment in relation to the victim of the situation has been considered, and the influence of the media on the formation of victim blaming among students has been outlined. The problem outlined reflects the impact of victim blading on young people and the further consequences of this negative experience. 

Undergraduates' Belief in a Just World and Subjective Well-Being: The Mediating Role of Sense of Control

2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (5) ◽  
pp. 831-840 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaobo Yu ◽  
Guofang Ren ◽  
Siji Huang ◽  
Yanhua Wang
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Sense Of Control ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Just World ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Modeling Analysis ◽  
The Impact

The influence of belief in a just world on individuals' mental health has been extensively researched. We examined the impact of belief in a just world on subjective well-being, focusing mainly on the mediating role of sense of control in this relationship. Participants were 372 Chinese undergraduate university students who completed the Belief in a Just World Scale, the Sense of Control Scale, and the Subjective Well-Being Scale. The results revealed that both their belief in a just world and their sense of control were significantly correlated with their subjective well-being. Structural equation modeling analysis indicated that sense of control partially mediated the effect of belief in a just world on subjective well-being. Our findings extend previous results and provide valuable evidence that belief in a just world predicts subjective well-being.

Chinese adolescents’ belief in a just world and academic resilience: The mediating role of perceived academic competence

2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 239-256
Author(s):  
Bingyu Liu ◽  
Michael J. Platow
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Academic Competence ◽  
Academic Resilience ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Just World ◽  
General Belief ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
The Face ◽  
Individual Self

The current study examined the relationship between belief in a just world and self-reported academic resilience, and whether perceived academic competence mediated this relationship. Seven-hundred fifty-one students enrolled in a middle school and a high school (45.81% male, 15 to 16 years old) from two regions of China participated in this study. Structural equation modeling indicated that general belief in a just world was: (1) directly associated with academic resilience, and (2) indirectly associated with students’ academic resilience through perceived academic competence, after controlling for the effects of gender and socioeconomic status. This study provides insight into how broader social-ideological understandings of the world (e.g., belief in a just world) may guide individual self-construals (e.g., perceived academic competence) to affect individual persistence in the face of adversity (e.g., resilience). Implications and limitations of the current study are discussed.

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