Belief in a just world for the self and others, Karma, system justification and well‐being during <scp>COVID</scp>‐19 pandemic: Evidence from 15 Asian nations
Abstract 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.
Authors
- Trawin Chaleeraktrakoon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7164-9307)
- Joonha Park (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0764-5173)
- Aqeel Khan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9338-9323)
- Chee‐Seng Tan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2474-6942)
- Hyejoo J. Lee
- May Cho Min (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8153-6995)
- Emrah Özsoy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2886-8824)
- Cokorda Bagus Jaya Lesmana (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6804-9255)
- Alexander Scott English (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0142-146X)
- Chanki Moon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1937-6206)
- Ma. Criselda T. Pacquing (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9854-3876)
- Chin‐Lung Chien (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4662-9918)
- Nam Tran
- Luh Ketut Suryani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5683-7852)
- Shanmukh Vasant Kamble (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2185-8052)
- Tarid Wongvorachan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9622-3780)
- Ding–Yu Jiang
- Victoria Wai Lan Yeung (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3479-3198)
- Zafer Özkan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7831-2491)
- Kwok Kit Tong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8594-9300)
- Eylem Oruç (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2707-8986)
- Jesus Alfonso D. Datu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8790-1113)
- Marc Eric S. Reyes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5280-1315)
- Kai Li Chung (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0012-8752)
- Hirotaka Imada (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3604-4155)
- Cecilia Cheng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7250-2224)
- Boby Ho‐Hong Ching (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3526-7704)
- Cong V. Tran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5864-6654)
- Robbie M. Sutton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1542-1716)
- Farzana Ashraf (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0110-2618)
- Ryan Francis O. Cayubit (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4137-3992)
- Arun Tipandjan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8079-1871)
- Deviga Marappan
- Najma Iqbal Malik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3521-1014)
- Phatthanakit Chobthamkit (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0364-2693)
- Iram Fatima (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9517-5062)
- Hsin‐Yi Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6379-9759)
- Kunitada SATO (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0813-5319)
- Ahmad Yusmadi Yusoff
Institutions
- Sakarya University (TR)
- Kurume University (JP)
- Thammasat University (TH)
- Karnatak University (IN)
- Handong Global University (KR)
- Udayana University (ID)
- National Chung Cheng University (TW)
- University of Alberta (CA)
- University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus (MY)
- COMSATS University Islamabad (PK)
- University of Sargodha (PK)
- Bilecik Şeyh Edebali Üniversitesi (TR)
- University of the Punjab (PK)
- Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VN)
- Chinese University of Hong Kong (HK)
- Royal Holloway University of London (GB)
- Soochow University (TW)
- University of Macau (MO)
- University of Kent (GB)
- Kyoto University (JP)
- Taylor's University (MY)
- Wenzhou-Kean University (CN)
- Yangon University of Education (MM)
- University of Technology Malaysia (MY)
- Hong Kong Shue Yan University (CN)
- City University of Macau (MO)
- Ordu University (TR)
- University of Santo Tomas (PH)
- University of Hong Kong (HK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Asian Journal Of Social Psychology
- Published
- 2024-12-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/ajsp.12667
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.92