Deservingness and Schadenfreude

By W. V. Dijk, Jaap W Ouwerkerk, S. Goslinga, M. Nieweg. 2005

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Politics, schadenfreude, and ingroup identification: The sometimes happy thing about a poor economy and death (2009, background): “…schadenfreude is more likely to arise when people deserve their misfortunes (Feather, 2008; Feather & Naim, 2005; Feather & Sherman, 2002; Portmann, 2000; Singer et al., 2006; van Dijk et al., 2005) and when misfortunes happen to people who are disliked (Hareli & Weiner, 2002; Heider, 1958).”
Because I (Don't) Deserve It: How Relationship Reminders and Deservingness Influence Consumer Indulgence (2014, background): “Society, marketing communications, and the media commonly value, endorse, and celebrate certain types of relationships (e.g., committed romantic relationships, close friendships) and social entities (e.g., close families).”
The joy of pain and the pain of joy: In-group identification predicts schadenfreude and gluckschmerz following rival groups’ fortunes (2015, background): “…rival team’s loss would be related to perceptions that the loss would affect the fortunes of one’s own team, the perceived deservedness of the loss (e.g., Feather and Sherman 2002; Van Dijk et al. 2005, 2008), and disliking toward the rival team (Hareli and Weiner 2002; Van Dijk et al. 2006, 2011).”
Exploring the When and Why of Schadenfreude (2009, unknown): “…of envy in explaining some instances of schadenfreude, the full empirical picture is mixed with some research adding further support (e.g. van Dijk et al., 2005; van Dijk, Ouwerkerk, Goslinga, Nieweg, & Gallucci, 2006) and others failing to find support (Feather & Sherman, 2002; Hareli &…”