Outcomes of Belief in Just World Among Victims of Natural and Man-Made Disaster: Moderating Role of Resilience

In the present study the effect of belief in just world on the prediction of well-being, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd) among victims of natural and man-made disaster was examined. the moderating role of resilience in the relationship between belief in just world and depression among victims of natural and man-made disaster was also studied. belief in just world scale (dalbert, 1999), ego resiliency scale (block & kreman, 1996), psychological well-being scale (khan, 2008), impact of events scale (horowitz, wilner, & alvarez, 1979), and depression anxiety stress scale (lovibond & lovibond, 1995) were used for data collection from 220 disaster victims including victims of natural disaster and man-made disaster. linear regression analysis, multiple moderated regression analysis, and independent sample t-test were computed to test the hypotheses. belief in just world positively predicted well-being, whereas negatively predicted depression, and ptsd among victims of natural, man-made disaster and overall disaster victims. resilience moderated the relationship between belief in just world and depression among the victims of natural and man-made disaster. results on the gender differences revealed that female disaster victims exhibited more belief in just world as compared to male victims. similarly, female victims of man-made disaster also exhibited higher levels of belief in just world as compared to male victims. however, results revealed nonsignificant gender differences among victims of natural disaster.