Schadenfreude is higher in real-life situations compared to hypothetical scenarios

González-Gadea, María Luz; Ibáñez, Agustín; Sigman, Mariano

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0205595

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“…Although schadenfreude has been applied to various contexts, only recently have studies shown that a brand rivalry can elicit the same emotions as people feel at the personal level (Phillips‐Melancon & Dalakas, 2014). Recent research has demonstrated that the intergroup emotion of schadenfreude differs in magnitude for hypothetical and real‐life scenarios (Gonzalez‐Gadea et al, ). Employing construal level theory, Gonzalez‐Gadea et al () argue that people experience hypothetical scenarios as psychological distant, which in turn might lead to an underestimation of the felt experience.…”

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“…Recent research has demonstrated that the intergroup emotion of schadenfreude differs in magnitude for hypothetical and real‐life scenarios (Gonzalez‐Gadea et al, ). Employing construal level theory, Gonzalez‐Gadea et al () argue that people experience hypothetical scenarios as psychological distant, which in turn might lead to an underestimation of the felt experience. As all studies are hypothetical in nature, the feelings of schadenfreude should be even stronger in real‐life settings.…”

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“…Given that ethnocentric consumers tend to not only distinguish between the in‐group (local brands) and out‐group (foreign brands; Shankarmahesh, ), they also strongly identify with one's in‐group. Previous research has shown that identification with one's group is positively related to feelings of schadenfreude when the out‐group experiences a misfortune or loss (Gonzalez‐Gadea, Ibanez, & Sigman, ; Van Dijk & Ouwerkerk, ). Thus, feelings of schadenfreude should be greatest in a domain that is self‐relevant (Leach et al, ).…”

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The moderating impact of perceived globalness on consumers’ purchase intentions for copycats: The pleasure of hurting global brands

Loebnitz

Grunert

2019

Psychology and Marketing

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Copycats or "me-too" brands imitate prominent features of market leaders with the intention to benefit from consumers' positive associations of the imitated brand.However, the imitated market leader can be perceived as being local (=in-group) or global (=out-group). Employing social identity theory, Study 1 examined the interaction between copycat strategy and perceived globalness of the brand, showing that consumers have higher purchase intentions for global copycats versus a local counterpart. Study 2 shows that the interacting effect of copycat strategy and perceived globalness is moderated by consumer ethnocentrism. Further, authors demonstrate that a global copycat elicit greater schadenfreude (vs. local brand), which in turn increases consumers' purchase intentions. Subsequent mediation analysis shows that ethnocentric consumers experience schadenfreude upon encountering copycats of global brands, which in turn increases purchase intention, whereas low ethnocentric consumers show higher purchase intentions for local differentiated brands because they deem a copycat strategy as unacceptable. Finally, Study 3 examines whether the results from Studies 1 and 2 continue to hold for theme copycats.

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The moderating impact of perceived globalness on consumers’ purchase intentions for copycats: The pleasure of hurting global brands

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Grunert

2019

Psychology and Marketing

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“…In addition, some demographic characteristics of patients that may affect patient satisfaction scores, such as educational level and socioeconomic status, were not collected. Lastly, this study investigated the effect of dermatologist gender on patient satisfaction based only on hypothetical scenarios, which do not always faithfully elicit subconscious biases that may be revealed in a real-world setting ( FeldmanHall et al, 2012 , Gonzalez-Gadea et al, 2018 ).…”

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Dermatologist demographics and patient satisfaction: A single-center survey study

Nakamura

Briones

Thy

et al. 2020

International Journal of Women's Dermatology

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Background Patient satisfaction is a proxy for quality clinical care. Understanding the factors that drive patient satisfaction scores is important because they are publicly reported, may be used in determining hospital and physician compensation, and may allow patients to preselect physicians. Objective This single-center survey study of adult patients at the Michigan Medicine outpatient dermatology clinics aimed to investigate how patients respond differently to theoretical dermatologic scenarios with varying dermatologist gender. Methods Each questionnaire contained one of four clinical scenarios illustrating overall positive or negative encounters with a male or female dermatologist, followed by questions derived from the Press Ganey survey to assess patient satisfaction. Results A total of 452 completed questionnaires were collected. There were statistically significant differences in overall patient satisfaction scores between positive versus negative female and positive versus negative male dermatologists, but there were no differences in scores between positive female and positive male dermatologists or between negative female and negative male dermatologists. There were also no differences in overall scores after controlling for patient demographic characteristics or patient–dermatologist gender concordance. Conclusion Previous studies have suggested that male physicians receive better patient satisfaction scores compared to female physicians. However, our study found that, in response to hypothetical scenarios of positive and negative dermatology encounters, dermatologist gender did not affect any domain of patient satisfaction scores. Limitations include the use of hypothetical patient–dermatologist encounters and possible lack of generalizability because the study was conducted at one academic center in southeast Michigan with a predominantly Caucasian patient population.

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“…Most of these studies used hypothetical scenarios and preselected the misfortunes that would likely elicit schadenfreude in their participants. As such, it remains unclear which misfortunes are most likely to galvanize schadenfreude in naturally occurring situations (see Gonzalez-Gadea, Ibanez, & Sigman, 2018). To fill this research gap, we aimed to examine the most common types of misfortunes that elicit schadenfreude in adolescents' real-life experiences.…”

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Adolescents’ Narratives of Schadenfreude

Peplak

Ali

Malti

2020

J of Research on Adolesc

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This study explored the experiential determinants of schadenfreude, how schadenfreude changes as a function of relationship, and how recollections of schadenfreude may vary by age. Using a narrative approach, 12‐ and 15‐year‐olds (N = 60) described times they felt schadenfreude toward various peers and adults. We coded their responses to extract information regarding preceding misfortunes and underlying reasons for schadenfreude. We found that adolescents' schadenfreude often involved another’s physical harm and failure, and was rooted in reasons of deservingness and personal gain. There were unique trends in the types of misfortunes and reasons mentioned toward each target of interest. Finally, deservingness reasoning was prominent within 15‐year‐olds’ schadenfreude experiences. The findings are discussed in relation to adolescents’ emotional experiences in conflict situations.

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Schadenfreude is higher in real-life situations compared to hypothetical scenarios

Cited by 9 publications

References 33 publications

The moderating impact of perceived globalness on consumers’ purchase intentions for copycats: The pleasure of hurting global brands

The moderating impact of perceived globalness on consumers’ purchase intentions for copycats: The pleasure of hurting global brands

Dermatologist demographics and patient satisfaction: A single-center survey study

Adolescents’ Narratives of Schadenfreude

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