Schadenfreude: Malicious Joy in Social Media Interactions

Cecconi, Christian; Poggi, Isabella; D’Errico, Francesca

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2020.558282

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“…This prescription strengthens Piskorz and Piskorz's (2009) statement that social envy and schadenfreude are two different and independent concepts that are determined by different situations. However, this notion does not negate that social envy and schadenfreude are part of the same personality-trait proposed in this study, as they are naturally co-existed (Cecconi et al, 2020;Piskorz & Piskorz, 2009) and correlated (Hareli & Weiner, 2002;Smith & van Dijk, 2018;van de Ven & Zeelenberg, 2015).…”

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“…(continued) Second, as stated by (Aquaro, 2004), most of the previous studies focused on the negativity of envy and schadenfreude (e.g., Brambilla & Riva, 2017;Hareli & Weiner, 2002;Piskorz & Piskorz, 2009) their causes (e.g., Apple et al, 2015;Feather & Sherman, 2002;Lin et al, 2018) and consequences (e.g., Brambilla & Riva, 2017;Cecconi et al, 2020;Watanabe, 2019). Later, the scientists introduced benign envy.…”

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“…Social envy naturally co-exists with schadenfreude (Cecconi et al, 2020;Piskorz & Piskorz, 2009). However, the demarcation line between them is blurred (Graham & Weiner, 1996; where participants' output rating, not just performance score, is used as the performance indicator that makes one's success reduces other's opportunities to get a promotion, and vice versa.…”

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Silent Competition among Students: How Schadenfreude and Social Envy Influence Rating-based Achievement Motivation

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Schadenfreude and social envy have attracted human interest for thousands of years. However, little is know about how they influence achievement motivation in a hierarchical and competitive social environment. To overcome this problem, inspired by Mayer and Salovey's (1997) emotional intelligence theory, the author develops rivals' anticipated emotions (RAE) and models how the sense of being envied and become the schadenfreude target influence the motivation to avoid the decrease of or to increase current competitive position. The study follows Higgin's (1997) self-regulatory framework in students' context. In the schadenfreude scenario, as part of self-protection, the study proposes that the sense of being a schadenfreude target, represented by rivals' anticipated joyfulness (RAJ), influences students' motivation to avoid the decrease of current competitive position (prevention focus), especially for those who occupy upper and medium positions. Rivals' anticipated distress (RAD) that represents the sense of being envied stimulates students' motivation to increase competitive position (promotion focus), especially for those who occupy the lower and medium position. When working together, the RAJ and RAD stimulate promotion and avoidance motivations simultaneously, especially among mediocre students. Future researchers can widen their investigation into intergroup schadenfreude and social envy research domains.

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“…As Hughes ( 2019 , p. 88) points out in his book Brexit Psychology , “As things spiral further, soon it feels right to start defending your group from rivals. And of course, often the best form of defense is attack.” Following Brexit, strong emotions have continued to be evident in, for example, social media debates involving participants not just from the UK but also various other countries, and including expressions of Schadenfreude by those who perceived Brexit as unjust at subsequent misfortunes suffered by the UK (Cecconi et al, 2020 ).…”

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The Radicalization of Brexit Activists

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Brexit activists demonstrating outside the British Houses of Parliament were studied in situ to examine their potential for pro-group extreme behavior. This involved activists of two polarized, opposing views; those of Leave and Remain. The research engaged concepts linking the different theoretical perspectives of identity fusion and personal construct psychology. The study measured participants' degree of fusion to their group using a verbal measure. Willingness to undertake extreme acts was assessed in several ways: a measure of willingness to fight for the group, adaptations of the trolley dilemma and questions regarding political violence. Individual construing was examined using repertory grid technique and a semi-structured interview. Results were similar for both Leave and Remain participants. The majority of activists identified as “fused” to their group and, if so, were more likely to undertake hypothetical extreme behavior compared to those who did not identify as “fused.” Repertory grid technique indicated that becoming an activist provided individuals with a clearer and more positive view of themselves. Opposition activists were construed more negatively and extremely than fellow activists, and this construal was associated with an increased willingness to undertake extreme pro-group behavior. This was consistent with the personal construct model of radicalization and was heightened in those who were “fused.” Interview data provided support for the constructivist model and revealed characteristics and concerns of the two groups. Overall, the findings indicate that campaigning organizations contain fused individuals, who are more likely to undertake hypothetical pro-group violence including self-sacrifice. This has broader implications which may be particularly pertinent, given the violent impact of extremist activists around the globe.

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“…We have considered this single item due to the fact that this research takes into consideration the aggression-based schadenfreude. We have chosen to use single item schadenfreude measure due to current psychological measurement debates (Crysel, & Webster, 2018;Watanabe, 2019;Cecconi, et al, 2020).…”

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Schadenfreude and life satisfaction: effect of anger and aggressiveness

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Many individuals become aggressive in reaction to an actual or potential danger, or it can be a learned behaviour that assists them in meeting their needs. Anger is a natural emotion that everyone feels at different moments. It is, in effect, a normal reaction to a challenge, assisting us in preparing for defence or standing up for ourselves It usually occurs as a response to thoughts or feelings such as pain, irritation, worry, envy, discomfort, rejection, or shame. The purpose of this investigation is to examine effects of trait anger (AN) and aggressiveness (AG) on life satisfaction (LS) of general adult population, as well as to determine whether trait anger (AN) moderates the mediating effect of aggressiveness (AG) in the schadenfreude (SCH) – life satisfaction (LS) relationship. 390 individuals responded to an online investigation, selected via convenience sampling. Trait anger was found to moderate the effect of schadenfreude and life satisfaction. Increased levels of aggressiveness were linked to low levels of life satisfaction. Conditional effects found a stronger association between schadenfreude and aggressiveness for those low in trait anger relative to those high in trait anger. Participants with low scores in trait anger and high scores in schadenfreude had higher levels of aggressiveness than individuals with lows cores in trait anger. Conclusions and implications are discussed.

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Schadenfreude: Malicious Joy in Social Media Interactions

Cited by 21 publications

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Silent Competition among Students: How Schadenfreude and Social Envy Influence Rating-based Achievement Motivation

Silent Competition among Students: How Schadenfreude and Social Envy Influence Rating-based Achievement Motivation

The Radicalization of Brexit Activists

Schadenfreude and life satisfaction: effect of anger and aggressiveness

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