A cross-national study with university students from Germany (n = 1135) and Turkey (n = 634) tested whether personal belief in a just world (PBJW) predicts students’ life satisfaction and academic cheating. Based on the just-world theory and empirical findings in the school context, we expected university students with a stronger personal BJW to be more satisfied with their lives and cheat less than those with a weaker BJW. Further, we investigated the mediating role of justice experiences with lecturers and fellow students in these relations. Differences in PBJW directly and indirectly predicted undergraduates’ life satisfaction. Students’ justice experiences with peers mediated the relationship between PBJW and life satisfaction. Differences in PBJW indirectly predicted undergraduates’ academic cheating. Students’ justice experiences with lecturers mediated the relationship between PBJW and academic cheating. The results did not differ between German and Turkish students and persisted when we controlled for gender, start of studies, socially desirable responding, general BJW, and self-efficacy. We discussed the importance of personal BJW’s adaptive functions and their relevance for international university research and practice.

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学生对公正世界，幸福感和学术作弊的个人信念：跨国研究

来自德国（n  = 1135）和土耳其（n = 634）测试了个人对正义世界（PBJW）的信仰是否可以预测学生的生活满意度和学术作弊。基于公正世界的理论和学校环境下的实证研究结果，我们期望个人BJW较强的大学生对生活的满意度和欺骗程度要低于BJW较弱的大学生。此外，我们调查了司法经验与讲师和同学在这些关系中的中介作用。PBJW的差异直接或间接地预测了大学生的生活满意度。学生与同伴的正义经历介导了PBJW和生活满意度之间的关系。PBJW的差异间接预测了大学生的学术作弊行为。学生与讲师的正义经历介导了PBJW和学术作弊之间的关系。结果在德国和土耳其学生之间没有差异，并且在我们控制性别，学习开始，社会期望的回应，一般的BJW和自我效能感时持续存在。我们讨论了个人BJW适应功能的重要性及其与国际大学研究和实践的相关性。