TY - JOUR
T1 - Envy and Schadenfreude
AU - Smith, Richard H.
AU - Turner, Terence J.
AU - Garonzik, Ron
AU - Leach, Colin W.
AU - Urch-Druskat, Vanessa
AU - Weston, Christine M.
PY - 1996/2
Y1 - 1996/2
N2 - To test the hypothesis that Schadenfreude, pleasure at the suffering of others, will result when an envied person experiences a misfortune, envy was created in subjects by asking them to watch a videotaped interview of a student who was made to appear either superior or average. An epilogue informed subjects that the student had suffered a recent setback. The envy created in subjects was found to enhance the likelihood that they would feel Schadenfreude on learning of this setback. In addition, dispositional envy predicted subjects' envy of the student, and this envy also mediated subsequent Schadenfreude. These results strongly support linking envy with Schadenfreude.
AB - To test the hypothesis that Schadenfreude, pleasure at the suffering of others, will result when an envied person experiences a misfortune, envy was created in subjects by asking them to watch a videotaped interview of a student who was made to appear either superior or average. An epilogue informed subjects that the student had suffered a recent setback. The envy created in subjects was found to enhance the likelihood that they would feel Schadenfreude on learning of this setback. In addition, dispositional envy predicted subjects' envy of the student, and this envy also mediated subsequent Schadenfreude. These results strongly support linking envy with Schadenfreude.
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U2 - 10.1177/0146167296222005
DO - 10.1177/0146167296222005
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0030072195
SN - 0146-1672
VL - 22
SP - 158
EP - 168
JO - Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
JF - Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
IS - 2
ER -