He Jiali, Hanshu Liu
City University of Macau.
J Gen Psychol. 2025 Jul-Sep;152(3):429-447. doi: 10.1080/00221309.2024.2405042. Epub 2024 Sep 20.
Envy and interpersonal curiosity are common emotional and psychological phenomena in relationships that collectively influence our social behavior and experiences. However, there is a research gap regarding the interaction between interpersonal curiosity and envy. Therefore, this study will primarily utilize daily diary methods to investigate the relationship between interpersonal curiosity and envy.
Using the Benign and Malicious Envy Scale and the Chinese Adolescents' Interpersonal Curiosity Questionnaire, Study 1 conducted a preliminary study on 392 middle school students using cross-sectional data. Based on the data from Study 1, we selected the ten items (2 items per variable) with the highest factor load for the daily measurement of Study 2. Study 2 utilized the diary method and recruited 81 adolescents as participants for a 14-day measurement period.
The results of Study 1indicate a significant correlation between malicious envy and interpersonal curiosity, as well as a significant correlation between benign envy and interpersonal curiosity (excluding general interpersonal curiosity). The findings from Study 2 indicate that daily malicious envy can enhance private interpersonal curiosity and general interpersonal curiosity, daily benign envy can enhance curiosity exploration, and daily curiosity exploration can also enhance benign envy.
This study enhances comprehension of the two-way relationship between adolescent envy and interpersonal curiosity within the framework of social comparison theory. The findings underscore the significance of adolescents recognizing and respecting others' boundaries to mitigate the adverse effects linked to malicious envy. Furthermore, adolescents are encouraged to channel benign envy into a source of motivation, fostering personal growth and fostering positive relationships through curiosity exploration.
嫉妒和人际好奇心是人际关系中常见的情感和心理现象，共同影响着我们的社会行为和经历。然而，关于人际好奇心和嫉妒之间的相互作用存在研究空白。因此，本研究将主要采用日记法来探究人际好奇心和嫉妒之间的关系。
研究1使用良性和恶意嫉妒量表以及中国青少年人际好奇问卷，对392名中学生的横断面数据进行了初步研究。基于研究1的数据，我们选择了因子载荷最高的十个项目（每个变量两个项目）用于研究2的日常测量。研究2采用日记法，招募了81名青少年作为参与者，进行为期14天的测量。
研究1的结果表明，恶意嫉妒与人际好奇心之间存在显著相关性，良性嫉妒与人际好奇心（不包括一般人际好奇心）之间也存在显著相关性。研究2的结果表明，日常的恶意嫉妒可以增强个人人际好奇心和一般人际好奇心，日常的良性嫉妒可以增强好奇心探索，日常的好奇心探索也可以增强良性嫉妒。
本研究在社会比较理论的框架内，增强了对青少年嫉妒与人际好奇心之间双向关系的理解。研究结果强调了青少年认识和尊重他人边界以减轻与恶意嫉妒相关的不利影响的重要性。此外，鼓励青少年将良性嫉妒转化为动力来源，通过好奇心探索促进个人成长并建立积极的人际关系。
