When the Hand that Feeds You Slaps You: Social Identity and Schadenfreude

When the Hand that Feeds You Slaps You: Social Identity and Schadenfreude | Authorea try { document.documentElement.classList.add('js'); } catch (e) { } var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'G-8VDV14Y67G']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); Skip to main content Preprints Collections Wiley Open Research IET Open Research Ecological Society of Japan All Collections About About Authorea FAQs Contact Us Quick Search anywhere Search for preprint articles, keywords, etc. Search Search ADVANCED SEARCH SCROLL This is a preprint and has not been peer reviewed. Data may be preliminary. 23 September 2025 V1 Latest version Share on When the Hand that Feeds You Slaps You: Social Identity and Schadenfreude Authors : Pınar Demir Asma 0000-0002-3590-446X [email protected] and Hamit Coşkun Authors Info & Affiliations https://doi.org/10.22541/au.175859296.68738983/v1 151 views 212 downloads Contents Abstract Supplementary Material Information & Authors Metrics & Citations View Options References Figures Tables Media Share Abstract Although research has examined the consequences of incivility, few studies have addressed them from a social psychological perspective, and whether the perpetrator's social identity shapes reactions remain unclear. Two experiments manipulated the source of incivility as either an ingroup or outgroup member and measured schadenfreude. Study 1 found that incivility from an ingroup member elicited greater schadenfreude than from an outgroup member, attributable to perceived damage to social identity. Study 2 confirmed this mechanism, showing that perceived group membership mediated and social identity moderated the incivility--schadenfreude relationship. Across studies, incivility from an ingroup source led participants to recategorize themselves as outgroup members, amplifying schadenfreude. Supplementary Material File (when the hand that feeds you slaps you-social identity and schadenfreudev4.docx) Download 348.34 KB Information & Authors Information Version history V1 Version 1 23 September 2025 Copyright This work is licensed under a Non Exclusive No Reuse License. Keywords perceived insider status schadenfreude self-categorization social identity uncivil behaviour Authors Affiliations Pınar Demir Asma 0000-0002-3590-446X [email protected] TC Uskudar Universitesi View all articles by this author Hamit Coşkun Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal Universitesi View all articles by this author Metrics & Citations Metrics Article Usage 151 views 212 downloads .FvxKWukQNSOunydq8rnd { width: 100px; } Citations Download citation Pınar Demir Asma, Hamit Coşkun. When the Hand that Feeds You Slaps You: Social Identity and Schadenfreude. Authorea . 23 September 2025. DOI: https://doi.org/10.22541/au.175859296.68738983/v1 If you have the appropriate software installed, you can download article citation data to the citation manager of your choice. Simply select your manager software from the list below and click Download. For more information or tips please see 'Downloading to a citation manager' in the Help menu . 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