公正世界信念减轻公共卫生困境中的抑郁：希望的即时和纵向中介作用

Abstract Belief in a just world (BJW) buffers against negative emotions. According to Lerner’s Just World Theory and Snyder’s hope theory, the buffering effect could be mediated by hope, but empirical evidence is lacking, and the detailed mechanism remains largely unknown. Drawing on the multidimensionality of BJW and hope, the current research proposed a functional specificity model regarding the specific roles of their dual components—namely, agency thinking and pathways thinking (of hope), as well as personal belief in a just world (PBJW) and general belief in a just world (GBJW) in mitigat