Politics, schadenfreude, and ingroup identification: The sometimes happy thing about a poor economy and death

By David J. Y. Combs, Caitlin A J Powell, D. R. Schurtz, Richard H. Smith. 2009

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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How Empathic Concern Fuels Political Polarization (2019, methodology): “Evenmore, there is evidenceof schadenfreude,as individuals report taking greater pleasure in misfortunes such as troop casualties and economic downturns when those misfortunes are attributed to the opposite party (Combs et al. 2009).”
Group Emotions: Cutting the Gordian Knots Concerning Terms, Levels of Analysis, and Processes (2015, unknown): “…A nnals D ow nl oa de d by [ W hu K ob le nz ] at 0 3: 43 2 2 Se pt em be r 20 15 Brown et al. (2008) X Caouette et al. (2012) X Cehajic et al. (2009) X Combs et al. (2009) X Costarelli (2007) X Crisp et al. (2007) X Cwir et al. (2011) X de Vos et al. (2013) X Doosje et al. (1998) X Doosje et…”
Social Discrimination in the Corporate Elite (2013, background): “There is compelling evidence from the social psychological literature on schadenfreude that most people tend to feel some level of satisfaction when envied out-group members experience a ‘‘reversal [in] their fortunes’’ (Smith et al., 1996; Leach and Spears, 2008: 1383; Combs et al., 2009).”
From political opponents to enemies? The role of perceived moral distance in the animalistic dehumanization of the political outgroup (2016, background): “This prediction was based on the facts that (a) in the political arena, the expression of outgroup denigration is neither condemned nor discouraged (Combs et al., 2009; Crawford et al., 2013) and (b) in Italy, the left and right wings are relevant sources of social identity even among those unintere”
The joy of pain and the pain of joy: In-group identification predicts schadenfreude and gluckschmerz following rival groups’ fortunes (2015, background): “Feeling pleasure about learning of the rival’s loss should instead be their dominant reaction, although they may still be ambivalent enough about the loss to experience some sympathy for the rival (Combs et al. 2009).”