When do people derogate or psychologically distance themselves from victims? Belief in a just world and ingroup identification

Two factors increase the threat for individuals’ belief in a just world (BJW) posed by an innocent victim: the degree of the observer’s explicit endorsement of BJW and the fact that the victim shares a common identity with the observer. In this paper, we aim to investigate whether or not these two f...

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Main Author: Correia, Isabel (author)
Other Authors: Alves, Hélder (author), Sutton, Robbie (author), Ramos, Miguel (author), Pereira, Maria Gouveia (author), Vala, Jorge (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2012
Subjects:
Belief in a just world
Victim derogation
Social identification
Social identity
Psychological distancing
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/1795
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.ispa.pt:10400.12/1795

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http://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/1795

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