In control, optimistic, and resilient: Age-related effects of believing in a just world among adolescents

The Belief in a Just World (BJW) is an influential theory for explaining how individuals exert control in their lives. This is the first study to test, among adolescents (N = 1128), that control provides a mediating explanation for well-established positive relations between BJW-self and wellbeing outcomes. In addition, we examined whether age moderated the effect of BJW-self on control. In this cross-sectional study we found support for our...