A Schadenfreude Inducing Misfortune Reduces Envy

Niels van de Ven

doi:10.31219/osf.io/hny3r

A Schadenfreude Inducing Misfortune Reduces Envy

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Abstract

Three studies find that when a schadenfreude eliciting misfortune happens to an envied person, this reduces subsequent envy. The results are consistent with the idea that schadenfreude serves as a signal that the prior imbalance in how one would like the world to see (caused by the other being better off than we would like him/her to be) is restored again.

Original language	English
Type	Preprint
Publisher	OSF Preprints
Number of pages	16
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/hny3r
Publication status	Published - Feb 2018

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envy
schadenfreude

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A Schadenfreude Inducing Misfortune Reduces Envy

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