Envy : theory and research
Smith, Richard HContributor
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2008.
For centuries, scholars have argued that envy is the source of much aggressive behavior as well as the root cause of much unhappiness, but it is only recently that there have been attempts to examine the emotion from an empirical perspective. This book offers a comprehensive summary of current theoretical and empirical work on envy provided by scholars from a range of disciplines.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
For centuries, scholars have argued that envy is the source of much aggressive behavior as well as the root cause of much unhappiness, but it is only recently that there have been attempts to examine the emotion from an empirical perspective. This book offers a comprehensive summary of current theoretical and empirical work on envy provided by scholars from a range of disciplines.
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Theological, philosophical, and evolutionary foundations -- Social psychological perspectives -- Perspectives from organizational psychology, economics, consumer psychology, anthropology and neuroscience -- Envy and health.
Envy
Psychology
Social Sciences