New Risk Management Study Findings Recently Were Reported by Researchers at Tel Aviv University (Can Belief in a Just World Buffer Mood and Career…

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New Risk Management Study Findings Recently Were Reported by Researchers at Tel Aviv University (Can Belief in a Just World Buffer Mood and Career Prospects of People in Need of Risk Protection? First Experimental Evidence)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News -- Fresh data on Risk Management are presented in a new report. According to news reporting from Tel Aviv, Israel, by VerticalNews journalists, research stated, "Research indicates that individuals high in belief in a just world (BJW) are confident that they will not fall victim to unforeseeable disasters. The current study tested the hypothesis that BJW acts as buffer that serves to sustain mood and career prospects of those in need of risk protection."

The news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from Tel Aviv University, "Threat was manipulated by confronting participants with risks regarding their career outlook, and individual differences in threat perception were measured by degree of uncertainty tolerance. As hypothesized, BJW helped protect the mood of participants threatened by serious career-related risks who were unable to tolerate uncertainty. The finding supported the buffer hypothesis regarding mood, but not career prospects, possibly due to a more conscious mindset or variability in self-efficacy. However, BJW was overall positively associated with career prospects."

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: "Moreover, it was suggested that BJW can also serve as a personal resource, not only protecting from risk, but also enhancing mood among those with high uncertainty tolerance."

For more information on this research see: Can Belief in a Just World Buffer Mood and Career Prospects of People in Need of Risk Protection? First Experimental Evidence. Risk Analysis, 2016;36(12):2247-2257. (Wiley-Blackwell - www.wiley.com/; Risk Analysis - onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1539-6924)

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting G. Nudelman, The School of Psychological Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel. Additional authors for this research include K. Otto and C. Dalbert.

Keywords for this news article include: Asia, Israel, Tel Aviv, Risk Management.