Abstract: Justice and happiness are two goals of individuals as public person and private person separately, which are consistent logically and have been confirmed by some psychological researches, but can be inconsistent in low standard. The present study investigated the general belief in a just world(GBJW) and subjective well-being of people in disaster sites and normal areas, and their correlates in Chinese indigenous background. The authors found that: 1) Comparing to normal areas, participants in disaster sites endorsed more GBJW and less negative affection, and there was interaction of region and gender. 2) Affective well-being (mainly positive affection) could predicted slightly GBJW in disaster sites, while it did not do in back-normal period and in normal areas. However, cognitive well-being (life satisfaction) could predicted GBJW in both conditions. In conclusion, the dialectical correlation of affective well-being, cognitive well-being and belief in a just world, implies the special model of affective expression and rational pursuit of Chinese who lives in the private relationship and much suffering world

Key words: belief in a just world, subjective well-being, affection, rationality, disaster