Is peoples’ belief in a just world associated with (dis)honesty in romantic relationships?

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Is peoples’ belief in a just world associated with (dis)honesty in romantic relationships? / Reinhardt, Nina; Reinhard, Marc André; Schindler, Simon.
In: Journal of Research in Personality, Vol. 105, 104396, 01.08.2023.

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@article{23b6122695724c1b895bef9e03fc7081,
title = "Is peoples{\textquoteright} belief in a just world associated with (dis)honesty in romantic relationships?",
abstract = "We hypothesized that people's personal belief in a just world (PBJW) is associated with decreased relationship-based dishonesty. We tested our hypothesis in 11 studies using community samples and different methodological approaches. One internal meta-analysis across all 11 studies (total N = 4970) yielded a negative but non-significant overall effect (Fisher's z = −0.07), thus providing no support for our hypothesis. A more detailed look revealed that studies measuring estimated levels of partner's dishonesty yielded significantly stronger negative associations to people's PBJW compared to studies that measured dishonesty emanated by oneself. We discuss what the results mean for research on belief in a just world and derive new approaches for future research in this field.",
keywords = "Belief in a just world, Dishonesty, Romantic relationships, Psychology",
author = "Nina Reinhardt and Reinhard, {Marc Andr{\'e}} and Simon Schindler",
note = "Funding Information: This work was supported by a Grant of the German Research Foundation (DFG; Grant ID SCHI 1341/2-1) to Simon Schindler. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2023 Elsevier Inc.",
year = "2023",
month = aug,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1016/j.jrp.2023.104396",
language = "English",
volume = "105",
journal = "Journal of Research in Personality",
issn = "0092-6566",
publisher = "Academic Press Inc.",

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T1 - Is peoples’ belief in a just world associated with (dis)honesty in romantic relationships?

AU - Reinhardt, Nina

AU - Reinhard, Marc André

AU - Schindler, Simon

N1 - Funding Information: This work was supported by a Grant of the German Research Foundation (DFG; Grant ID SCHI 1341/2-1) to Simon Schindler. Publisher Copyright: © 2023 Elsevier Inc.

PY - 2023/8/1

Y1 - 2023/8/1

N2 - We hypothesized that people's personal belief in a just world (PBJW) is associated with decreased relationship-based dishonesty. We tested our hypothesis in 11 studies using community samples and different methodological approaches. One internal meta-analysis across all 11 studies (total N = 4970) yielded a negative but non-significant overall effect (Fisher's z = −0.07), thus providing no support for our hypothesis. A more detailed look revealed that studies measuring estimated levels of partner's dishonesty yielded significantly stronger negative associations to people's PBJW compared to studies that measured dishonesty emanated by oneself. We discuss what the results mean for research on belief in a just world and derive new approaches for future research in this field.

AB - We hypothesized that people's personal belief in a just world (PBJW) is associated with decreased relationship-based dishonesty. We tested our hypothesis in 11 studies using community samples and different methodological approaches. One internal meta-analysis across all 11 studies (total N = 4970) yielded a negative but non-significant overall effect (Fisher's z = −0.07), thus providing no support for our hypothesis. A more detailed look revealed that studies measuring estimated levels of partner's dishonesty yielded significantly stronger negative associations to people's PBJW compared to studies that measured dishonesty emanated by oneself. We discuss what the results mean for research on belief in a just world and derive new approaches for future research in this field.

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KW - Dishonesty

KW - Romantic relationships

KW - Psychology

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