BJW

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As the textbook defines the Just World Hypothesis or Believe in Just world (BJW) is a belief that people get what they deserve in the life and deserve what they get. For example, people who believe in Just World, would argue that poor people are poor because of the choices and decisions they made in life. The BJW has both negative and positive side. The negative side of strong BJW is that it forces people to ignore the facts of injustice and change themselves(or their outlook on the facts), rather than changing the facts. The positive side, on the contrary is that people who themselves are victims of injustice and believe in Just World, experience less anger and much more acceptance to their current situation, decreasing chances of depressions. The article "Causal Attributions of Workplace Gender Equality Just World Belief, and the Self/Other Distinction" by Marina Bastounis and Jale Minibas-Poussard was about the Just World Belief in regards of gender equality/inequality.
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