Belief in a Just World Scales (General and Personal).
BJW (GBJW/PBJW)
Belief that the world is a just place where people get what they deserve; differentiated into General BJW (the world broadly is just) and Personal BJW (events in MY own life are just)
- Provisionally grouped under
- Length and format
- General BJW = 6 items; Personal BJW = 7 items (Dalbert); Lipkus Global BJW = 7 items. 6-point agreement (Likert) (self-report questionnaire)
- Language versions
- Validated in many languages/cultures (e.g. ES, FR, IT, PL, ZH, TR, AR, plus others); used in cross-national just-world research
- Licence
- open with attribution
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- Reference
- Dalbert, C. (1999). The world is more just for me than generally: About the Personal Belief in a Just World scale's validity. Social Justice Research, 12(2), 79-98.
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- BIDR / PDS - Balanced Inventory of Desirable Responding
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