Abstract
The aim of this study was to examine the construct validity and utility of the separate measures of the belief in a just world (BJW), the belief in an unjust world (BUW) and the centrality of justice in predicting a sense of coherence, optimism and pessimism. The choice of these particular criteria was based on the assumption that the justice related beliefs are adaptive in the degree to which they provide to an individual a sense of security, personal control, expectancy of positive future outcomes, and thus contribute to the perception of one’s world as an ordered, predictable, meaningful and benevolent place. The study was performed on a group of 70 students at the Faculty of Science and Arts in Zadar. The mentioned constructs were assessed using the General BJW scale (Dalbert et al., 1987), the Personal BJW scale (Dalbert, 1993), the Centrality of Justice scale (Dalbert et al., 1987), the Sense of Coherence scale (Antonovsky, 1987), and adapted versions of Chang’ s scales of optimism and pessimism (Lacković-Grgin et al., 1998). The BUW was assessed using a ten-item scale that was construed for the purpose of this study. All instruments showed satisfactory high internal consistency (alpha coefficients were .74 or higher).
Highlights
Cilj provedenog istraživanja bio je ispitali konstruktnu valjanost i upotrebljivost zasebnih mjera vjerovanja u pravedan svijet (VUPS), vjerovanja u nepravedan svijet (VUNS) i centralnosti pravde u predviđanju osjećaja koherentnosti, optimizma i pesimizma
The choice of these particular criteria was based on the assumption that the justice related beliefs are adaptive in the degree
they provide to an individual a sense of security
Summary
Cilj provedenog istraživanja bio je ispitali konstruktnu valjanost i upotrebljivost zasebnih mjera vjerovanja u pravedan svijet (VUPS), vjerovanja u nepravedan svijet (VUNS) i centralnosti pravde u predviđanju osjećaja koherentnosti, optimizma i pesimizma. Na primjer, očekivana negativna veza s depresivnošću dobivena u našim istraživanjima sa skupinama studenata (Ćubela i sur., 1999) i zaposlenih (Ćubela, 2000), kao i u istraživanju Rittera i Bensona (1989, prema: Dalbert, 1998) u Sjevernoj Irskoj, ali samo u skupini zaposlenih; kod nezaposlenih ispitanika ovi su autori dobili pozitivnu vezu koja sugerira da snažno VUPS kod ljudi koji su izloženi prolongiranim ih intenzivnijim averzivnim iskustvima, može biti i malađaptivno. Skala generalnog VUPS sadrži šest tvrdnji koje se odnose na pravednost svijeta općenito, bez preciziranja domene ili načela pravednosti (npr.: Mislim da je svijet u kome živim u osnovi pravedan). Skala personalnog VUPS sadrži sedam tvrdnji koje se odnose na vjerovanje pojedinca da je svijet u kome živi prema njemu osobno pravedan, također bez preciziranja domene ili načela pravednosti Analiza pouzdanosti ove skraćene verzije pokazala je da zadržane čestice uglavnom imaju zadovoljavajuće visoke (tj. veće od .30) nespuriozne korelacije s ukupnim rezultatom, a pouzdanost tipa interne konzistencije također je zadovoljavajuće visoka (=.84)
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