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The role of severity and intentionality in the intensity of Schadenfreude attribution: a developmental study of Danish children

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dc.contributor.authorJensen de López, Kristine M.
dc.contributor.authorQuintanilla Cobián, M. Laura
dc.contributor.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5799-8615
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-28T11:02:13Z
dc.date.available2024-10-28T11:02:13Z
dc.date.issued2019-06-09
dc.descriptionThe 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
dc.descriptionLa 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
dc.description.abstractUnderstanding 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.en
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dc.identifier.citationJensen 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
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.12548
dc.identifier.issn1467-9450
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14468/24137
dc.journal.issue4
dc.journal.titleScandinavian journal of psychology
dc.journal.volume60
dc.language.isoen
dc.page.final337
dc.page.initial329
dc.publisherWiley
dc.relation.centerFacultades y escuelas::Facultad de Psicología
dc.relation.departmentMetodología de las Ciencias del Comportamiento
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject61 Psicología
dc.subject.keywordsemotion attributionen
dc.subject.keywordsenvyen
dc.subject.keywordshappy victimizeren
dc.subject.keywordsintentionalityen
dc.subject.keywordsschadenfreudeen
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