Demographic correlates of just world and unjust beliefs in an Austrian sample

Adrian Furnham; Viren Swami; Martin Voracek; Stefan Stieger

doi:10.2466/PR0.105.3.989-994

Demographic correlates of just world and unjust beliefs in an Austrian sample

Adrian Furnham, Viren Swami, Martin Voracek, Stefan Stieger

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Abstract

320 Viennese adult participants (47.5% female) in a population sample completed two questionnaires measuring just world beliefs that were scored separately for just and unjust world beliefs. The study aimed to investigate the role of sex and age, as well as religious and political beliefs on just and unjust world beliefs. Older males who identified with a more left-wing political orientation tended to have lower scores on just world beliefs on Rubin and Peplau's scale, while better educated people tended to score lower on the unjust world subscale on both scales, although both predictors explained less than 6% of the variance in scores.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	989-994
Number of pages	6
Journal	Psychological Reports
Volume	105
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2466/PR0.105.3.989-994
Publication status	Published - 01 Dec 2009
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Adult
Age Factors
Austria
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Culture
Data Collection
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Politics
Religion and Psychology
Sex Factors
Social Identification
Social Justice
Social Values

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General Psychology

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