Smith Richard H, Kim Sung Hee
Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, USA.
Psychol Bull. 2007 Jan;133(1):46-64. doi: 10.1037/0033-2909.133.1.46.
The authors reviewed the psychological research on envy. The authors examined definitional challenges associated with studying envy, such as the important distinction between envy proper (which contains hostile feelings) and benign envy (which is free of hostile feelings). The authors concluded that envy is reasonably defined as an unpleasant, often painful emotion characterized by feelings of inferiority, hostility, and resentment caused by an awareness of a desired attribute enjoyed by another person or group of persons. The authors examined questions such as why people envy, why envy contains hostile feelings, and why it has a tendency to transmute itself. Finally, the authors considered the role of envy in helping understand other research domains and discussed ways in which people cope with the emotion.
作者回顾了关于嫉妒的心理学研究。作者审视了与研究嫉妒相关的定义难题，比如狭义嫉妒（包含敌意情绪）与良性嫉妒（无敌意情绪）之间的重要区别。作者得出结论，嫉妒可合理地定义为一种不愉快且往往痛苦的情绪，其特征是因意识到他人或他人群体拥有自己渴望的特质而产生自卑感、敌意和怨恨情绪。作者探讨了诸如人们为何嫉妒、嫉妒为何包含敌意情绪以及为何它有自我转变倾向等问题。最后，作者考虑了嫉妒在帮助理解其他研究领域方面的作用，并讨论了人们应对这种情绪的方式。
