The association between adolescents' beliefs in a just world and their attitudes to victims of bullying.
@article{Fox2010TheAB, title={The association between adolescents' beliefs in a just world and their attitudes to victims of bullying.}, author={Claire Louise Fox and Tracey J. Elder and Josephine Gater and Elizabeth Johnson}, journal={The British journal of educational psychology}, year={2010}, volume={80 Pt 2}, pages={ 183-98 } }
BACKGROUND
Research which has investigated children's attitudes to bullying has found that the majority of children display anti-bullying attitudes. However, a small minority of children do appear to admire the bully and lack sympathy for victims of bullying. The just world belief theory has received a great deal of attention in recent years with evidence emerging in support of a two-dimensional model distinguishing between beliefs in a just world (BJW) for self and BJW for others. BJW-self…
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