Predicting pleasure at others’ misfortune: Morality trumps sociability and competence in driving deservingness and schadenfreude
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DOI: 10.1007/s11031-016-9594-2
Abstract: Schadenfreude occurs when people feel pleasure at others’ misfortunes. Previous research suggested that individuals feel such a malicious pleasure when the misfortune befalls social targets perceived as highly competent but lacking human warmth. Two experiments… read more here.
Keywords: sociability competence; schadenfreude; morality; pleasure others ... See more keywords
The role of severity and intentionality in the intensity of Schadenfreude attribution: A developmental study of Danish children
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DOI: 10.1111/sjop.12548
Abstract: Understanding envy and schadenfreude requires complex interpersonal social cognitive abilities, such as social comparison and evaluating the Self, but also understanding agency and intentionality. Previous studies of children's development of envy/schadenfreude addressed whether children understand… read more here.
Keywords: envy; severity; damage; intentionality ... See more keywords