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Envy and Jealousy: Semantic Problems and Experiential Distinctions
Richard H Smith1, Sung Hee Kim2, W Gerrod Parrott3
1Boston University.
Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin
|July 27, 2018
Summary
Envy and jealousy have overlapping meanings, but jealousy can refer to romantic or envious feelings. Envy specifically relates to social comparison, with each emotion having a distinct affective profile.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Social Psychology
- Emotion Research
Background:
- Traditional scholarly views propose distinct affective experiences for envy and jealousy.
- Empirical evidence on the affective experiences of envy and jealousy is contradictory.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the semantic and experiential distinctions between envy and jealousy.
- To clarify the overlapping meanings and differing affective profiles of these emotions.
Main Methods:
- Subjects described situations of envy and jealousy, which were coded for semantic accuracy.
- Subjects rated affective states for their association with either envy or jealousy.
Main Results:
- The word "jealousy" has a broader meaning, encompassing romantic jealousy and envy.
- "Envy" is primarily used to denote a social-comparison-based emotion.
- Envy and jealousy are associated with distinct profiles of feelings.
Conclusions:
- The semantic overlap between envy and jealousy stems from the broad usage of "jealousy".
- Experiential data reveal differing affective states for envy and jealousy, resolving empirical contradictions.
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