Effects of observer's own status on reactions to a high achiever's failure: Deservingness, resentment, schadenfreude, and sympathy

Australian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 31-43

  Feather, N T ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 39049129215     PISSN: 00049530     EISSN: 17429536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049530701458068     Document Type: Article

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