Two questionnaires on one page: six items about justice in the world and seven about fair treatment in your own life.
Method and research sourcesTwo questionnaires on one page: six items about justice in the world and seven about fair treatment in your own life.
Responses range from 1 to 6, with no reverse items. Average the six General Belief in a Just World items (1–6) and the seven Personal Belief items (7–13 on this page) separately. Each mean is 1–6; no combined score is calculated.
The original publication and supporting material document the questionnaire and its scoring.
Claudia Dalbert, Leo Montada, Manfred Schmitt
Claudia Dalbert
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Believing that outcomes are deserved does not make that belief true and never proves that someone deserved harm. Low belief is not a disorder. The two established scales remain separate; this page is not a new validated combined instrument.
