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Sofya Nartova-Bochaver1, Matthias Donat2, Claudia Rüprich2
1School of Psychology, National Research University "Higher School of Economics", Moscow, Russia.
Frontiers in Psychology
|August 17, 2019
Summary
Belief in a just world (BJW) acts as a psychological resource for undergraduate students, significantly improving their subjective well-being. This finding holds true even when controlling for factors like age, gender, and religiosity.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Social Psychology
Background:
- Belief in a just world (BJW) is increasingly recognized as a psychological resource.
- Previous research suggests a positive association between BJW and subjective well-being.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate personal BJW as a resource for undergraduate subjective well-being in a Russian sample.
- To examine self-esteem and resilience as potential mediators in the BJW-well-being relationship.
- To replicate and extend previous findings by controlling for demographic and general BJW factors.
Main Methods:
- Cross-sectional study with 627 undergraduate students.
- Assessed personal belief in a just world (BJW), subjective well-being (depressive symptoms, positive and negative affect, mental well-being), self-esteem, and resilience.
- Controlled for age, gender, religiosity, and general BJW.
Main Results:
- Personal BJW was positively associated with all indicators of subjective well-being.
- Self-esteem mediated the relationship between personal BJW and all well-being indicators.
- Resilience mediated the relationship between personal BJW and positive affect and mental well-being.
- Results remained significant after controlling for covariates.
Conclusions:
- Personal belief in a just world (BJW) serves as a significant psychological resource for undergraduate students.
- Self-esteem and resilience are important mediating factors in how BJW enhances well-being.
- The findings underscore the importance of fostering BJW for promoting student mental health.
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