TY - JOUR
T1 - A three-level meta-analysis of belief in a just world and antisociality
T2 - Differences between sample types and scales
AU - Kong, Yuwei
AU - Cui, Lijuan
AU - Yang, Ying
AU - Cao, Muxian
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2021/11
Y1 - 2021/11
N2 - Belief in a just world is a positive illusion believing we live in a world where we can get what we deserve. The effect of belief in a just world on antisociality remains unclear. This meta-analysis aimed to explore the relationship between belief in a just world and antisociality, including emotional, attitudinal, and behavioral indictors. The results that based on 39 articles from a sample size of N = 14,091 showed that belief in a just world was negatively correlated with antisociality (r = −0.160, p < .001). Moderator analysis indicated that the association between belief in a just world and antisociality seemed to weaken with increasing social experience. This association was stronger among students than people already employed. Besides, studies using one-dimensional belief in a just world scales and the personal belief in a just world scale showed similar effect sizes, and studies using the general belief in a just world scale showed smaller effect sizes. But no significant relationship between belief in a just world and antisociality was found in the studies that used the belief in a just world for others scale. These results seemed to indicate some subtle differences between scales used to measure belief in a just world and dimensions.
AB - Belief in a just world is a positive illusion believing we live in a world where we can get what we deserve. The effect of belief in a just world on antisociality remains unclear. This meta-analysis aimed to explore the relationship between belief in a just world and antisociality, including emotional, attitudinal, and behavioral indictors. The results that based on 39 articles from a sample size of N = 14,091 showed that belief in a just world was negatively correlated with antisociality (r = −0.160, p < .001). Moderator analysis indicated that the association between belief in a just world and antisociality seemed to weaken with increasing social experience. This association was stronger among students than people already employed. Besides, studies using one-dimensional belief in a just world scales and the personal belief in a just world scale showed similar effect sizes, and studies using the general belief in a just world scale showed smaller effect sizes. But no significant relationship between belief in a just world and antisociality was found in the studies that used the belief in a just world for others scale. These results seemed to indicate some subtle differences between scales used to measure belief in a just world and dimensions.
KW - Aggression
KW - Antisocial
KW - Belief in a just world
KW - Meta-analysis
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85108363701
U2 - 10.1016/j.paid.2021.111065
DO - 10.1016/j.paid.2021.111065
M3 - 文献综述
AN - SCOPUS:85108363701
SN - 0191-8869
VL - 182
JO - Personality and Individual Differences
JF - Personality and Individual Differences
M1 - 111065
ER -