TY - JOUR
T1 - Belief in a just world for the self and others, Karma, system justification and well-being during COVID-19 pandemic
T2 - Evidence from 15 Asian nations
AU - Chobthamkit, Phatthanakit
AU - Sutton, Robbie M.
AU - English, Alexander Scott
AU - Wongvorachan, Tarid
AU - Datu, Jesus Alfonso Daep
AU - Chung, Kai Li
AU - Tan, Chee Seng
AU - Imada, Hirotaka
AU - Ozkan, Zafer
AU - Ashraf, Farzana
AU - Cayubit, Ryan Francis O.
AU - Chaleeraktrakoon, Trawin
AU - Cheng, Cecilia
AU - Chien, Chin Lung
AU - Ching, Boby Ho Hong
AU - Fatima, Iram
AU - Jiang, Ding Yu
AU - Kamble, Shanmukh V.
AU - Khan, Aqeel
AU - Lee, Hyejoo J.
AU - Lesmana, Cokorda Bagus Jaya
AU - Malik, Najma Iqbal
AU - Marappan, Deviga a/p
AU - Min, May Cho
AU - Moon, Chanki
AU - Oruc, Eylem
AU - Ozsoy, Emrah
AU - Park, Joonha
AU - Reyes, Marc Eric S.
AU - Sato, Kosuke
AU - Suryani, Luh Ketut
AU - Tengco-Pacquing, Ma Criselda
AU - Tipandjan, Arun
AU - Tong, Kwok Kit
AU - Tran, Cong Van
AU - Tran, Nam Thanh
AU - Wang, Hsin Yi
AU - Yeung, Victoria Wai Lan
AU - Yusoff, Ahmad Mustqim
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 Asian Association of Social Psychology and John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd.
PY - 2025/3
Y1 - 2025/3
N2 - The World Health Organization (World Health Organization, 2020) announced the COVID-19 outbreak as a pandemic. Globally, this situation affects people in various domains including mental health. Existing theories and research findings suggest justice beliefs are associated with mental health and may help to cope with adverse life circumstances. Participants (N = 3694) in 15 Asian nations completed measures of belief in a just world (BJW), Karma, system justification, well-being indices and COVID-19 impact. The results show that BJW for the self and system justification positively predicted well-being while BJW for others provided reverse associations. Furthermore, Karma predicted both higher life satisfaction and depression. However, COVID-19 impact did not moderate the relationships between justice beliefs and well-being. The results provide various psychological functions but do not consistently indicate the buffering role of justice beliefs during COVID-19 pandemic.
AB - The World Health Organization (World Health Organization, 2020) announced the COVID-19 outbreak as a pandemic. Globally, this situation affects people in various domains including mental health. Existing theories and research findings suggest justice beliefs are associated with mental health and may help to cope with adverse life circumstances. Participants (N = 3694) in 15 Asian nations completed measures of belief in a just world (BJW), Karma, system justification, well-being indices and COVID-19 impact. The results show that BJW for the self and system justification positively predicted well-being while BJW for others provided reverse associations. Furthermore, Karma predicted both higher life satisfaction and depression. However, COVID-19 impact did not moderate the relationships between justice beliefs and well-being. The results provide various psychological functions but do not consistently indicate the buffering role of justice beliefs during COVID-19 pandemic.
KW - COVID-19
KW - Karma
KW - belief in a just world
KW - system justification
KW - well-being
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85211765410
U2 - 10.1111/ajsp.12667
DO - 10.1111/ajsp.12667
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85211765410
SN - 1367-2223
VL - 28
JO - Asian Journal of Social Psychology
JF - Asian Journal of Social Psychology
IS - 1
M1 - e12667
ER -