Dejection at in-group defeat and schadenfreude toward second- and third-party out-groups.
Emotion
; 9(5): 659-65, 2009 Oct.
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ABSTRACT
It has been argued that the emotional pain of being outshone by a second party leads to the malicious pleasure of schadenfreude when this second party subsequently suffers a misfortune. However, direct tests of this idea are rare, especially at the intergroup level. Thus, the authors presented participants with their country's defeat in international competition by a second party and then presented this second party as failing. Participants' dejection at their in-group's defeat led to schadenfreude toward the second party. Consistent with the notion that it affirms the self, schadenfreude toward the second party was associated with positive evaluation of the in-group. Dejection at defeat by a second party also led to schadenfreude toward a third party who had not defeated the in-group. Schadenfreude toward the third party was associated with negative evaluation of the third party rather than positive evaluation of the in-group. As such schadenfreude toward the third party was more malicious.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Identificación Social
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Conducta Competitiva
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Dominación-Subordinación
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Emociones
Límite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Emotion
Asunto de la revista:
PSICOLOGIA
Año:
2009
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos