Belief in a Just World Claudia Dalbert Dalbert, C. (2009). Belief in a just world. In M. R. Leary & R. H. Hoyle (Eds.), Handbook of Individual Differences in Social Behavior (pp. 288-297). New York: Guilford Publications. Conceptualization of the Belief in a Just World Societies are full of inequalities and injustices -- the disproportionate distribution of wealth and inequality of access to health care and education to name just a few. Individuals react differently to observed or experienced injustice. Some feel moral outrage and seek to restore justice (e.g., Montada, Schmitt, & Dalbert, 1986). Others ...

 

Neff, K. D. (2009). Self-Compassion. In M. R. Leary & R. H. Hoyle (Eds.), Handbook of Individual Differences in Social Behavior (pp. 561-573). New York: Guilford Press. Self-Compassion His Holiness the Dalai Lama – “If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.” Most people would probably agree that compassion is a virtue that should be cultivated. The Dalai Lama is one of the best-known faces of compassion in modern times - a hero worshipped by millions of people around the world for his caring, compassionate stance. In ...