Impact of Responsibility for a Misfortune on Schadenfreude and Sympathy: Further Evidence

WILCO W. VAN DIJK · Sjoerd Goslinga · J.W. Ouwerkerk

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The authors tested the hypothesis that the more individuals are responsible for their own misfortune, the more schadenfreude (i.e., pleasure derived from another's misfortune) and less sympathy the misfortune evokes in others. The results support the hypothesis, thereby providing further evidence for the role responsibility plays in emotional reactions to the misfortunes of others.

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