Chinese Adolescents' Belief in a Just World: Social Class and Age Disparities.
This cross-sectional study examined how Chinese adolescents' belief in a just world (BJW) varied across social class and age. A sample of 2,748 adolescents aged 10 to 18 years (47.2% female; 99.1% Han ethnicity) from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds in China completed the Belief in a Just World Sca...
| Publicado en: | Youth & Society Vol. 57; no. 5; pp. 816 - 830 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Jul2025
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