Revising of belief in a just world scale and its reliability and validity in college students

Objective To revise belief in a just world scale (BJW) established by Dalbert according with Chinese cultures and examine its reliability and validity. Methods At the base of studying abroad-related questionnaire and preparatory tests, a total 930 undergraduates form The East, The Middle and The West of China participant in this test respectively. Results Through item analysis and explore factor analysis, the revised belief in a just world contained 13 items and 2 subscales which could explain 52.205% of the total variances. The results of confirmatory factor analysis showed that the revised belief in a just world scales had good construct validity. The Cronbach's coefficients of the scales was 0.885, and test-retest reliabilities was 0.884. Conclusion The revised belief in just world scales has fairly high reliability and validity. Key words: Belief in a just world questionnaire; Reliability; Validity