Abell Loren, Brewer Gayle
Nottingham Trent University, UK.
University of Liverpool, UK.
Psychol Rep. 2018 Oct;121(5):909-919. doi: 10.1177/0033294117741652. Epub 2017 Nov 14.
The present study investigated the relationship between Machiavellianism, envy, competition, and schadenfreude in women's same-sex friendships. Women ( N = 133) completed an online questionnaire measuring Machiavellianism, envy, competition, and three author-generated vignettes measuring expressed schadenfreude in relation to a same-sex friend. Women with higher levels of Machiavellianism expressed greater feelings of pleasure in response to their same-sex friend's misfortunes in a romantic relationship and their physical appearance but not in relation to academic abilities. Envy predicted feelings of schadenfreude in academic and romantic relationships while competition predicted feelings of schadenfreude in all three scenarios. Future research should explore how characteristics of the target and different forms of envy may influence responses to a friend's misfortune in individuals with higher levels of Machiavellianism.
本研究调查了女性同性友谊中马基雅维利主义、嫉妒、竞争和幸灾乐祸之间的关系。133名女性完成了一份在线问卷，该问卷测量了马基雅维利主义、嫉妒、竞争，以及三个由作者编写的、用于测量对同性朋友幸灾乐祸情绪的 vignette。马基雅维利主义程度较高的女性，在回应同性朋友在恋爱关系中的不幸和外貌方面时，表现出更大的愉悦感，但在学术能力方面则不然。嫉妒预示着在学术和恋爱关系中的幸灾乐祸情绪，而竞争则预示着在所有三种情况下的幸灾乐祸情绪。未来的研究应探讨目标对象的特征和不同形式的嫉妒如何影响马基雅维利主义程度较高的个体对朋友不幸的反应。
