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Just World Beliefs in a Time of Crisis: Cross-Lagged Panel and Moderating Cross-National Effects on Mental Health and Well-Being Outcomes

Peter Strelan et al.

Social Justice Research2025https://doi.org/10.1007/s11211-025-00451-7article
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Abstract Belief in a just world (BJW) is well established as a coping resource, particularly for those times when the world is experienced as uncertain, unpredictable, and uncontrollable. The early days of the COVID-19 pandemic was such a time, and therefore provided an opportunity to test the boundary conditions of BJW theorizing. Here, we make a new methodological contribution, testing (a) cross-lagged panel effects of BJW on mental health and well-being variables and (b) whether these effects generalized cross-nationally. Drawing from data collected in early-mid 2020 by the PsyCorona Project ( N = 2574 from 30 countries), BJW-self and BJW-other longitudinally predicted positive social/mental health, well-being, and hope, and these findings generalized across countries. We discuss the theoretical and applied implications of BJW as a coping resource in a time of crisis.

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@article{peter2025,
  title        = {{Just World Beliefs in a Time of Crisis: Cross-Lagged Panel and Moderating Cross-National Effects on Mental Health and Well-Being Outcomes}},
  author       = {Peter Strelan et al.},
  journal      = {Social Justice Research},
  year         = {2025},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/s11211-025-00451-7},
}

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0.41

Balanced mode · F 0.40 / M 0.15 / V 0.05 / R 0.40

F · citation impact0.25 × 0.4 = 0.10
M · momentum0.55 × 0.15 = 0.08
V · venue signal0.50 × 0.05 = 0.03
R · text relevance †0.50 × 0.4 = 0.20

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