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As the researchers explained, this pattern of results makes sense because:

“the motivational goal of malicious envy is to hurt the position of the other to prevent the other from being better off. If a misfortune befalls the superior other this motivational goal is satisfied, triggering positive feelings (i.e. schadenfreude幸灾乐祸)”.

Ｒｅｓｅａｒｃｈｅｄ　the envied. van de Ven and his colleagues say these inconsistent results and debates over definitions are resolved by recognising the key difference between benign and malicious envy – or what in Brazil and Russia they call “white envy” and “black envy”.