Warding off the evil eye: When the fear of being envied increases prosocial behavior

Psychological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1671-1677

  van de Ven, Niels ^a   Zeelenberg, Marcel ^a   Pieters, Rik ^a,b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

envy; outperformance; prosocial behavior; social comparisons

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; JEALOUSY; MAGIC; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ACHIEVEMENT; FEAR; FEMALE; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HUMANS; JEALOUSY; MAGIC; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649555748     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797610385352     Document Type: Article

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