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