The world may not be just but you'd better not say it: on the social value of expressing personal belief in a just world

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Autor(a) principal: Alves, H. V.
Data de Publicação: 2018
Outros Autores: Pereira, C. R., Sutton, R. M., Correia, I.
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10071/16643
Resumo: The expression of personal belief in a just world (PBJW) has been discussed as a criterion of excellence in social judgments. In four experimental studies we hypothesized and found that targets who express high versus low PBJW are judged as more: (i) deserving of success and (ii) suited to socio‐organizational expectations. The four studies show that suitability to socio‐organizational expectations mediates the relation between PBJW expressed and success deservingness, even after controlling for judgments of likability, status, rationality, optimism, and targets as victims. Studies 2 and 3 show this pattern occurs regardless of target performance appraisal. Study 4 indicates that expressing low PBJW decreases the social value of individuals, but expressing high PBJW does not increase it. We discuss the impact of PBJW expression on people's lives, namely on upward social mobility of members of low‐status groups, and the influence of the negativity bias on judgments caused by PBJW expression.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The world may not be just but you'd better not say it: on the social value of expressing personal belief in a just world
title The world may not be just but you'd better not say it: on the social value of expressing personal belief in a just world
spellingShingle The world may not be just but you'd better not say it: on the social value of expressing personal belief in a just world
Alves, H. V.
Deservingness
Judgment norms
Personal belief in a just world
Social value
Success
title_short The world may not be just but you'd better not say it: on the social value of expressing personal belief in a just world
title_full The world may not be just but you'd better not say it: on the social value of expressing personal belief in a just world
title_fullStr The world may not be just but you'd better not say it: on the social value of expressing personal belief in a just world
title_full_unstemmed The world may not be just but you'd better not say it: on the social value of expressing personal belief in a just world
title_sort The world may not be just but you'd better not say it: on the social value of expressing personal belief in a just world
author Alves, H. V.
author_facet Alves, H. V.
Pereira, C. R.
Sutton, R. M.
Correia, I.
author_role author
author2 Pereira, C. R.
Sutton, R. M.
Correia, I.
author2_role author
author
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Alves, H. V.
Pereira, C. R.
Sutton, R. M.
Correia, I.
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Deservingness
Judgment norms
Personal belief in a just world
Social value
Success
topic Deservingness
Judgment norms
Personal belief in a just world
Social value
Success
description The expression of personal belief in a just world (PBJW) has been discussed as a criterion of excellence in social judgments. In four experimental studies we hypothesized and found that targets who express high versus low PBJW are judged as more: (i) deserving of success and (ii) suited to socio‐organizational expectations. The four studies show that suitability to socio‐organizational expectations mediates the relation between PBJW expressed and success deservingness, even after controlling for judgments of likability, status, rationality, optimism, and targets as victims. Studies 2 and 3 show this pattern occurs regardless of target performance appraisal. Study 4 indicates that expressing low PBJW decreases the social value of individuals, but expressing high PBJW does not increase it. We discuss the impact of PBJW expression on people's lives, namely on upward social mobility of members of low‐status groups, and the influence of the negativity bias on judgments caused by PBJW expression.
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