Schadenfreude is higher in real-life situations compared to hypothetical scenarios

Autores
González Gadea, María Luz; Ibañez, Agustin Mariano; Sigman, Mariano
Año de publicación
2018
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Schadenfreude (i.e., the pleasure derived from another's misfortune) has been widely studied by having participants imagine how they would feel in hypothetical scenarios describing another person's pain or misfortune. However, research on affective forecasting shows that self-judgments of emotions are inaccurate in hypothetical situations. Here we show a study in which we first presented a hypothetical schadenfreude situation and few months later, due to an exceptional circumstance, the situation turned out to happen in reality. This fortuitous circumstance allowed us to compare people's imagined emotional reactions with their actual feelings. Results showed that schadenfreude was higher in the real situation than in the hypothetical one. More importantly, participants used different proxies to predict their emotional reaction: while out-group dislike served as a proxy of schadenfreude in both types of scenario, the degree of in-group identification also increased schadenfreude in those who had experienced the real event, arguably a mechanism to promote positive self-evaluation. These results highlight the importance of assessing schadenfreude in the heat of the moment.
Fil: González Gadea, María Luz. Universidad Favaloro; Argentina. Universidad Torcuato Di Tella; Argentina. Instituto de Neurología Cognitiva; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Ibañez, Agustin Mariano. Universidad Adolfo Ibañez; Chile. Universidad Autónoma Del Caribe; Colombia. Instituto de Neurología Cognitiva; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Sigman, Mariano. Universidad Torcuato Di Tella; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
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Schadenfreude
real-life situations
hypothetical scenarios
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Schadenfreude is higher in real-life situations compared to hypothetical scenarios
title Schadenfreude is higher in real-life situations compared to hypothetical scenarios
spellingShingle Schadenfreude is higher in real-life situations compared to hypothetical scenarios
González Gadea, María Luz
Schadenfreude
real-life situations
hypothetical scenarios
title_short Schadenfreude is higher in real-life situations compared to hypothetical scenarios
title_full Schadenfreude is higher in real-life situations compared to hypothetical scenarios
title_fullStr Schadenfreude is higher in real-life situations compared to hypothetical scenarios
title_full_unstemmed Schadenfreude is higher in real-life situations compared to hypothetical scenarios
title_sort Schadenfreude is higher in real-life situations compared to hypothetical scenarios
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv González Gadea, María Luz
Ibañez, Agustin Mariano
Sigman, Mariano
author González Gadea, María Luz
author_facet González Gadea, María Luz
Ibañez, Agustin Mariano
Sigman, Mariano
author_role author
author2 Ibañez, Agustin Mariano
Sigman, Mariano
author2_role author
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Schadenfreude
real-life situations
hypothetical scenarios
topic Schadenfreude
real-life situations
hypothetical scenarios
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https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Schadenfreude (i.e., the pleasure derived from another's misfortune) has been widely studied by having participants imagine how they would feel in hypothetical scenarios describing another person's pain or misfortune. However, research on affective forecasting shows that self-judgments of emotions are inaccurate in hypothetical situations. Here we show a study in which we first presented a hypothetical schadenfreude situation and few months later, due to an exceptional circumstance, the situation turned out to happen in reality. This fortuitous circumstance allowed us to compare people's imagined emotional reactions with their actual feelings. Results showed that schadenfreude was higher in the real situation than in the hypothetical one. More importantly, participants used different proxies to predict their emotional reaction: while out-group dislike served as a proxy of schadenfreude in both types of scenario, the degree of in-group identification also increased schadenfreude in those who had experienced the real event, arguably a mechanism to promote positive self-evaluation. These results highlight the importance of assessing schadenfreude in the heat of the moment.
Fil: González Gadea, María Luz. Universidad Favaloro; Argentina. Universidad Torcuato Di Tella; Argentina. Instituto de Neurología Cognitiva; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Ibañez, Agustin Mariano. Universidad Adolfo Ibañez; Chile. Universidad Autónoma Del Caribe; Colombia. Instituto de Neurología Cognitiva; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Sigman, Mariano. Universidad Torcuato Di Tella; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
description Schadenfreude (i.e., the pleasure derived from another's misfortune) has been widely studied by having participants imagine how they would feel in hypothetical scenarios describing another person's pain or misfortune. However, research on affective forecasting shows that self-judgments of emotions are inaccurate in hypothetical situations. Here we show a study in which we first presented a hypothetical schadenfreude situation and few months later, due to an exceptional circumstance, the situation turned out to happen in reality. This fortuitous circumstance allowed us to compare people's imagined emotional reactions with their actual feelings. Results showed that schadenfreude was higher in the real situation than in the hypothetical one. More importantly, participants used different proxies to predict their emotional reaction: while out-group dislike served as a proxy of schadenfreude in both types of scenario, the degree of in-group identification also increased schadenfreude in those who had experienced the real event, arguably a mechanism to promote positive self-evaluation. These results highlight the importance of assessing schadenfreude in the heat of the moment.
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