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2019-06-09
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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 and
experience schadenfreude as opposed to compassion/sympathy or whether children’s attribution of schadenfreude is a consequence of envy provoked by a
disadvantageous social comparison. In this study, we take a step further and investigate the roles that agency and severity of the damage play in mediating
children’s attribution of schadenfreude. The participants were 144 Danish children aged 3–9 years divided into two age groups. Children were presented
with eight stories supported by pictures showing intentional versus accidental and irreparable versus reparable damage to envied objects. The results show
that the intensity of envy/schadenfreude, as well as the happy victimizer phenomenon, varies depending on the severity of damage, agency and
intentionality. When damage is accidental, schadenfreude is expressed with less intensity compared to when damage is intentional (led by an agent). When
damage is irreparable, children attribute less intense feelings of schadenfreude compared to when it is reparable. In addition, only the older children
expressed reparable damage carrying more intense schadenfreude and only in the accidental condition. In general, children consider intentional and
reparable damage more intense than accidental and irreparable damage, and this is mediated by age. The results are important for understanding the
developmental trajectory of children’s complex emotions and for educational programmes directed towards supporting this development.
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The registered version of this article, first published in Scandinavian journal of psychology, is available online at the publisher's website: Wiley, https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.12548
La versión registrada de este artículo, publicado por primera vez en Scandinavian journal of psychology, está disponible en línea en el sitio web del editor: Wiley, https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.12548
La versión registrada de este artículo, publicado por primera vez en Scandinavian journal of psychology, está disponible en línea en el sitio web del editor: Wiley, https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.12548
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emotion attribution, envy, happy victimizer, intentionality, schadenfreude
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Jensen de López, K. M., & Quintanilla, L. (2019). The role of severity and intentionality in the intensity of Schadenfreude attribution: A developmental study of Danish children. Scandinavian journal of psychology, 60(4), 329-337. https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.12548
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Facultades y escuelas::Facultad de Psicología
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Metodología de las Ciencias del Comportamiento