People who believe in justice also see a victim's life as more meaningful after tragedy

Tuesday, December 14, 2010 - 13:30 in Psychology & Sociology

Seeing bad things happen to other people is scary. One way to respond to this is to blame the victim -- to look for some reason why it happened to them. But there's another common response, according to a new study. The researchers found that people who believe in justice in the world also believe that a tragedy gives the victim's life more meaning.

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