A re different countries equally green with envy? A comparison of the everyday concept of envy in the United States , Spain, and Germany

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ID21392066
AuthorsInge Schweiger Gallo (0000-0003-1142-0310, Departamento de Antropología Social y Psicología Social Universidad Complutense de Madrid Pozuelo de Alarcón Spain, corresponding author), Lucia A Görke (Department of Psychology and Graduate School of Decision Sciences University of Konstanz Konstanz Germany), Miguel Aurelio Alonso-García (0000-0003-1584-4436, Departamento de Psicología Social, del Trabajo y Diferencial Universidad Complutense de Madrid Pozuelo de Alarcon Spain), Miguel A Alonso (0000-0001-7037-5383, Departamento de Psicología Social, del Trabajo y Diferencial Universidad Complutense de Madrid Pozuelo de Alarcon Spain), Reyes Herrero López (Departamento de Ciencia Política y de la Administración Universidad Complutense de Madrid Pozuelo de Alarcón Spain), Reyes López (0000-0001-9193-5626, Universidad Complutense de Madrid), Peter M Gollwitzer (0000-0003-4872-2929, Department of Psychology New York University New York USA)
Year2024
Volume65
Issue3
Pages452-468
Publication date2024-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueScandinavian Journal of Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0036-5564 • E-ISSN: 1467-9450
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/sjop.12994
PMID38124407
OpenAlexW4390057253
LanguageEN
References cited124

Using a prototype approach to emotion concepts, we mapped the internal structure and content of the everyday concept of envy (as used in the United States) and its translation equivalents of envidia in Spanish and Neid in German. In Study 1 (total N = 415), the features of the concept of envy , e nvidia , and Neid were generated via an open‐ended questionnaire. In Study 2 (total N = 404), participants rated the degree of typicality of the constitutive features on a forced‐choice questionnaire. The prototype analysis of envy, supplemented with network analyses, revealed that the largest connected set of features of envy , envidia , and Neid shared a group of central features, including features related to success or to people with a better appearance. Still, envy , envidia , and Neid did differ with respect to their constituent peripheral features as well as the density of their networks, their structure, and the betweenness centrality of the nodes. These results suggest that a prototype approach combined with network analysis is a convenient approach for studying the internal structure of everyday emotion concepts and the degree of overlap with respect to the translation equivalents in different countries

Betweenness centrality · Centrality · Combinatorics · Degree (music) · German · Linguistics · Set (abstract data type) · Computer Science · Cultural Differences and Values · Emotions and Moral Behavior · Mathematics · Mental Health Research Topics · Psychology · Social Psychology

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