According to the just-world theory, people need to–or rather want to–believe that they live in
a just world where they will receive what they earn and consequently earn what they …

One's propensity to trust others and others' trustworthiness are two important aspects of
interpersonal trust. Both theory and research suggest that it is possible to distinguish …

For school-age adolescents, teacher justice plays an important role in their learning and
social outcomes. The present study examined the relation between teacher justice and …

Terror management theory (TMT) argues that human awareness of the inevitability of death
has a tremendous influence on people's thoughts, feelings, motivations, and behaviors …

Extensive research efforts have been devoted to understanding the nature of
Conscientiousness, the only Big Five personality trait that has been robustly linked to …

Death anxiety is common in advanced cancer due to heightened mortality salience. We
tested terror management theory (TMT) in this population (N= 305) by evaluating the …

Humans consistently face the challenge of discerning liars from truth-tellers. Hundreds of
studies in which observers judge the veracity of laboratory-created lies and truths suggest …

The present work examines the influence of dispositional personal belief in a just world
(BJW) on (dis) honest behavior and the moderating role of just-world threats. Assuming a …