Abstract
Previous studies on body height in psychology mainly focus on how others perceive people with different body height and how body height affects an individual's self-perception. As being short is often associated with various unjust experiences, we aim to examine whether and how body height shapes people's lay belief about the world, specifically belief in a just world (BJW). We hypothesize that people with shorter body height would have lower level of BJW, and this effect can be mediated by life satisfaction. We conducted a survey among 182 college students in China to test our hypotheses. We found that individuals with shorter height had lower belief in a just world compared to their taller counterparts, and this effect can be partially mediated by life satisfaction. Implications for future research are discussed.
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