Table 2.
Mean ratings of envy and schadenfreude and the SDs for all experimental conditions in Experiment 2.
| Loss | Win | M | SD | M | SD | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Envy ratings | ||||||||
| Experimental | 5.45 | 2.24 | 5.08 | 2.12 | ||||
| Control | 2.48 | 1.26 | 2.06 | 0.93 | ||||
| Schadenfreude ratings | ||||||||
| Experimental (misfortune) | 5.26 | 2.03 | 6.02 | 1.74 | ||||
| Experimental (fortune) | 4.88 | 1.63 | 5.57 | 1.66 | ||||
| Experimental (misfortune – fortune) | 0.38 | 1.15 | 0.45 | 1.75 | ||||
| Control (misfortune) | 5.68 | 1.89 | 6.49 | 1.73 | ||||
| Control (fortune) | 5.02 | 1.60 | 5.81 | 1.57 | ||||
| Control (misfortune – fortune) | 0.66 | 1.26 | 0.68 | 1.86 | ||||