title: Time frame and justice motive: future perspective moderates the adaptive function of general belief in a just world.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The human ability to envision the future, that is, to take a future perspective (FP), plays a key role in the justice motive and its function in transcending disadvantages and misfortunes. The present research investigated whether individual (Study 1) and situational (Study 2) differences in FP moderated the association of general belief in a just world (GBJW) with psychological resilience.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We investigated FP, GBJW, and resilience in sample of adolescents (n = 223) and disaster survivors (n = 218) in China. In Study 1, adolescents revealed stronger GBJW than PBJW, and GBJW uniquely predicted resilience in the daily lives of those with high FP (but not those with low FP). In Study 2, natural priming of FP (vs. no FP) facilitated the association of GBJW with resilience after disaster.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Supporting predictions, participants endorsed GBJW more strongly than PBJW. Further, GBJW interacted with FP in both studies, such that there was an association between GBJW and resilience at high but not low levels of FP. The results corroborate recent findings suggesting that GBJW may be more psychologically adaptive than PBJW among some populations. They also confirm that focusing on the future is an important aspect of the adaptive function of just-world beliefs.
authors: School of Journalism and Communication, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China ; Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
authors: Michael Shengtao
authors: MS
authors: Wu
authors: Robbie M
authors: RM
authors: Sutton
authors: Xiaodan
authors: X
authors: Yan
authors: Chan
authors: C
authors: Zhou
authors: Yiwen
authors: Y
authors: Chen
authors: Zhuohong
authors: Z
authors: Zhu
authors: Buxin
authors: B
authors: Han
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D055500:Resilience, Psychological; D012935:Social Justice / Q000523:psychology*; D013998:Time Perception