Malicious and benign envy and their measurement issues : Do two types of envy exist among the Japanese?

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ナカイ, アヤカ

Nakai, Ayaka

沼崎, 誠

ヌマザキ, マコト

Numazaki, Makoto

オオサカ ダイガク ダイガクイン ニンゲン カガク ケンキュウカ タイジン シャカイ シンリガク ケンキュウシツ

社会的比較

原因帰属

問題焦点型コーピング

情動焦点型コーピング

envy

social comparison

causal attribution

problem-focused coping

emotion-focused coping

Envy is a painful emotion that arises from social comparisons with others. Recent research has identified two types of envy; malicious and benign. The present study investigated whether these envies also exist among the Japanese. Participants in the study were asked to describe a situation in which they experienced envy. Next, they answered certain items measuring their causal attribution of other people’s high achievement, feelings toward themselves and others, motivations (including pulling others down, seeking to advance oneself, and emotion- focused coping) and actions. The data fit the two-subtype model of envy better than the single-type model. They showed that malicious envy led to a pulling-down motivation aimed at damaging the position of person viewed as superior, whereas benign envy led to a moving-up motivation aimed at improving one’s own position. These results suggested that the types of envy existed among the Japanese. Furthermore, malicious envy caused people to engage in both problem-focused and emotion-focused coping, whereas benign envy caused only problem-focused coping.

沼崎, 誠