Association between Just World Beliefs and Perceptions of Counterproductive Workplace Behaviors

2011 ◽  
Vol 108 (2) ◽  
pp. 606-616
Author(s):  
Stefan Stieger ◽  
Cornelia K. Kastner ◽  
Martin Voracek ◽  
Adrian Furnham
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Physical Violence ◽  
Considerable Variability ◽  
Just World Beliefs ◽  
Just World ◽  
Point Scale ◽  
Workplace Behaviors ◽  
Counterproductive Workplace Behaviors

320 adults rated 48 counterproductive workplace behaviors (CWBs) on a 9-point scale, from petty to serious offense, and also completed the Just World Beliefs scale. Ratings of the seriousness of the CWBs indicated considerable variability in perceptions, with theft and physical violence rated most strongly. A factor analysis yielded five interpretable factors. Older participants were more likely to rate as more serious all counterproductive workplace behaviors.

scholarly journals Just world beliefs, personal success and beliefs in conspiracy theories

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrian Furnham
Keyword(s):  
Individual Differences ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Right Wing ◽  
Composite Measure ◽  
Just World Beliefs ◽  
Just World ◽  
Conspiracy Theories ◽  
The World ◽  
Personal Ideology ◽  
Personal Success

AbstractDo those who believe in conspiracy theories feel less happy and healthy than others? Do they believe the world is simply unjust? This study was concerned with how demographic factors, personal ratings of success, personal ideology (political and religious beliefs) and Just World Beliefs are related to Conspiracy Theories. In total, 406 participants completed two questionnaires: Just World scale (Rubin & Peplau, 1975) and Conspiracy Theories Inventory (Swami et al., 2010) and provided various personal details. The Just World Scale yielded two scores: Just and Unjust beliefs. Participants also reported on their health, happiness and success and a reliable composite measure of well-being was computed. A regression showed younger males, with Unjust World beliefs and politically right-wing views, were more likely to endorse Conspiracy Theories. The discussion revolved around explaining individual differences in accepting these theories. Implications and limitations are discussed.

scholarly journals Psychometric properties of the Desensitization to Violence Scale for Adolescents

Nova Scientia ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (22) ◽  
pp. 274-292
Author(s):  
Jaime Sebastián F. Galán Jiménez ◽  
Omar Sánchez-Armáss Cappello ◽  
Luis Felipe García y Barragán
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Criminal Behavior ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Physical Violence ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Juvenile Detention ◽  
Psychological Violence ◽  
Sequential Method ◽  
Explained Variance

Introduction: Desensitization to violence is the result of exposure to violence. It reduces the negative emotions in cognitive and physiological responses to violence and can even generate a positive response to it.Method: A mixed sequential method yielding a transactional analytic design for Exploratory Factor Analysis and Confirmatory Factor Analysis with a sample of 1720 participants of 25 different high schools and a juvenile detention center. Followed by convergent validity (as a criterion validity) with a different sample.Results: The EFA’s cumulative explained variance was 52% with a GFI of .98 with a three-factor model: sensitivity to violence, amusement with physical violence, and enjoyment of psychological violence. The CFA showed scores above .50 in Average Explained Variance in every factor, and an ideal model fit in every measure (CFI, AGFI, RMSEA, SRMR, and ECVI). The remaining factors are only those related with enjoying or amusement with violent behavior, indicating that the desensitization to violence is related not only with the normalization and legitimation of violence, but the increasing of the performance and amusement of it.Discussion or Conclusion: The scale of desensitization to violence for adolescents has adequate psychometric properties and can be a valuable instrument to generate intervention or prevention programs, especially for its intimate relationship with high scores in people interned because of their criminal behavior.

scholarly journals Child pain‐related injustice appraisals mediate the relationship between just‐world beliefs and pain‐related functioning

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frederick Daenen ◽  
Joanna McParland ◽  
Fleur Baert ◽  
Megan Marie Miller ◽  
Adam Todd Hirsh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Just World Beliefs ◽  
Just World ◽  
The Relationship

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.

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