The Relationship Between Uncivil Behaviour, Social Identity and Schadenfreude: The Role of Deservingness and Emotions

Yıl 2024, Cilt: 6 Sayı: 2, 202 - 221, 30.06.2024

Pınar Demir Asma , Hamit Coşkun

https://doi.org/10.47793/hp.1417599

Öz

The aim of the study is to determine the effects of social identity and incivil behaviour on schadenfreude and mediating role of emotions and deservingness in these effects. For this purpose, 2 (uncivil behaviour: absent or present) x 2 (social identity: out-group absent or out-group present) quasi-experimental study was conducted with 254 university students by manipulating social identity and incivility. Participants assigned to one of the conditions of the study rated how much they felt the basic emotions after reading the first part of the story in which a target person's uncivil behavior and social identity were changed. After reading the story about the target person's misfortune, they filled in the form for perception of deservingness and the schadenfreude scale. It was found that uncivil behavior and social identity had an effect on schadenfreude and those who were exposed to uncivil behaviour more schadenfreude. In the relationship between incivility and schadenfreude, it was found that angry and deservingness has a mediating role. The main effect of social identity on schadenfreude was found to be significant. Participants in the out-group condition were found to feel more schadenfreude than participants without an out-group. The findings were discussed in the light of current literature and suggestions for further studies were made.

Anahtar Kelimeler

negative social behaviour, intergroup relations, schadenfreude, deservingness

Etik Beyan

This study has received approval from the Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University Non-Interventional Research Ethics Committee (Protocol No. 2023/95).

Nezaketsiz Davranış, Sosyal Kimlik ve Schadenfreude İlişkisi: Hak Etme ve Duyguların Rolü

Öz

Çalışmanın amacı sosyal kimlik ve nezaketsiz davranışın schadenfreude üzerindeki etkilerinin ve bu etkilerde hak etme algısının ve duyguların aracı rolünün belirlenmesidir. Bu amaç doğrultusunda 254 üniversite öğrencisi ile sosyal kimlik ve nezaketsiz davranış manipüle edilerek 2(nezaketsiz davranış: var veya yok) x 2 (sosyal kimlik: dış-grup var veya dış-grup yok) yarı deneysel desende bir çalışma gerçekleştirilmiştir. Araştırmanın koşullarından birine atanan katılımcılar, bir hedef kişinin nezaketsiz davranışta bulunmasının ve sosyal kimliğinin değişimlendiği hikâyenin ilk bölümünü okuduktan temel duyguları ne kadar hissettiklerini puanlandırmışlardır. Hedef kişinin talihsizliğine ilişkin öykü sunulduktan sonra ise sırayla hak etme algısına yönelik form, schadenfreude ölçeğini doldurmuşlardır. Nezaketsiz davranışın ve sosyal kimliğin schadenfreude üzerinde etkisinin olduğu ve nezaketsizliğe maruz kalanların daha fazla schadenfreude hissettiği bulunmuştur. Nezaketsiz davranış ve schadenfreude ilişkisinde hak etme algısının ve öfkenin aracı rolü olduğu bulunmuştur. Sosyal kimliğin schadenfreude üzerindeki temel etkisi anlamlı bulunmuştur. Dış-gup koşulunda olan katılımcıların dış grubun olmadığı katılımcılara kıyasla daha fazla schadenfreude hissettiği bulunmuştur. Elde edilen bulgular güncel literatür ışığında tartışılmış ileri çalışmalara öneriler getirilmiştir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

olumsuz sosyal davranış, gruplar arası ilişkiler, schadenfreude, hak etme

Etik Beyan

Bu çalışma için Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal Üniversitesi girişimsel olmayan araştırmalar etik kurulundan (Protokol NO. 2023/95) onay alınmıştır.

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