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Since the mid 1960s, the effects of individual differences in one’s Belief in a Just World (BJW; Lerner, 1980; Lerner and Miller, 1978; Rubin and Peplau, 1975) has been applied to various domains. One area that seems particularly promising is the understanding of how the BJW might be related to a number of important indicators of relationship functioning and well-being. In this chapter, we will review some preliminary findings that have been obtained from samples of married and dating couples relating the BJW to one style of handling interpersonal conflict, willingness to accommodate.
Data collected for the younger married and dating couples was collected while the first author was at the University of Wisconsin, Whitewater. All correspondence regarding this chapter should be addressed to Isaac Lipkus, Duke University Medical Center, Box 2949, Durham, NC 27705.
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Lipkus, I.M., Bissonnette, V. (1998). The Belief in a Just World and Willingness to Accommodate among Married and Dating Couples. In: Montada, L., Lerner, M.J. (eds) Responses to Victimizations and Belief in a Just World. Critical Issues in Social Justice. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-6418-5_8
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