Abstract
This research examines how individuals with different affect regulation strategies cope with just-world threats. Our study demonstrated that individuals who poorly downregulate negative affect (a state-oriented style) more avidly attempt to defend a just world after this opportunity is offered via an authority figure when that belief of a just world was threatened than do individuals who successfully downregulate negative affect (an action-oriented style), after a filler task. Sizable differences thus exist in how individuals defend their just-world beliefs as a function of how people deal with their affective states.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 117-120 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Social Psychology |
Volume | 39 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 25 Jun 2008 |
Keywords
- Affect regulation
- Just world
- Motivation
- PSI theory