The tango of two deadly sins: The social-functional relation of envy and pride

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 453-472

  Lange, Jens ^a   Crusius, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Authentic and hubristic pride; Benign and malicious envy; Competition; Interpersonal emotion modulation; Social functional approach

Indexed keywords

ADULT; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939563633     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/pspi0000026     Document Type: Article

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