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The Role of Subjective and Objective Social Status in the Generation of Envy
Envy is a negative emotion experienced in response to another person’s higher status. However, little is known about the composition of its most important element: status. The present research investigates the two main forms of social status (objective and subjective) in the generation of envy. In S...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7770237/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33384633 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.513495 |
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author | Bolló, Henrietta Háger, Dzsenifer Roxána Galvan, Manuel Orosz, Gábor |
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description | Envy is a negative emotion experienced in response to another person’s higher status. However, little is known about the composition of its most important element: status. The present research investigates the two main forms of social status (objective and subjective) in the generation of envy. In Study 1, participants recounted real-life situations when they felt envious; in Study 2 we examined whether the effect was the same in a controlled situation. We consistently found that those who were the most respected in the eyes of others were envied more than the richest ones. Furthermore, perceived deservingness of the superior other’s success differentiated between benign and malicious envy. Although previous studies focused on material comparisons when investigating envy, our results indicate that envy is rather a subjective social status related emotion. Not material, but social advantage of the superior other causes the most painful envy and future studies should put more emphasis on this type of social comparison in envy research. |
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spelling | pubmed-77702372020-12-30 The Role of Subjective and Objective Social Status in the Generation of Envy Bolló, Henrietta Háger, Dzsenifer Roxána Galvan, Manuel Orosz, Gábor Front Psychol Psychology Envy is a negative emotion experienced in response to another person’s higher status. However, little is known about the composition of its most important element: status. The present research investigates the two main forms of social status (objective and subjective) in the generation of envy. In Study 1, participants recounted real-life situations when they felt envious; in Study 2 we examined whether the effect was the same in a controlled situation. We consistently found that those who were the most respected in the eyes of others were envied more than the richest ones. Furthermore, perceived deservingness of the superior other’s success differentiated between benign and malicious envy. Although previous studies focused on material comparisons when investigating envy, our results indicate that envy is rather a subjective social status related emotion. Not material, but social advantage of the superior other causes the most painful envy and future studies should put more emphasis on this type of social comparison in envy research. Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-12-15 /pmc/articles/PMC7770237/ /pubmed/33384633 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.513495 Text en Copyright © 2020 Bolló, Háger, Galvan and Orosz. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Bolló, Henrietta Háger, Dzsenifer Roxána Galvan, Manuel Orosz, Gábor The Role of Subjective and Objective Social Status in the Generation of Envy |
title | The Role of Subjective and Objective Social Status in the Generation of Envy |
title_full | The Role of Subjective and Objective Social Status in the Generation of Envy |
title_fullStr | The Role of Subjective and Objective Social Status in the Generation of Envy |
title_full_unstemmed | The Role of Subjective and Objective Social Status in the Generation of Envy |
title_short | The Role of Subjective and Objective Social Status in the Generation of Envy |
title_sort | role of subjective and objective social status in the generation of envy |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7770237/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33384633 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.513495 |
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