The roles of invidious comparisons and deservingness in sympathy and schadenfreude

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 363-380

  Brigham, Nancy L ^b   Kelso, Kimberly A ^b   Jackson, Mark A ^b   Smith, Richard H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0031530316     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15324834basp1903_6     Document Type: Article

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