Sharing schadenfreude and late adolescents’ self-esteem: does sharing schadenfreude of a deserved misfortune enhance self-esteem?

Figures & data

Figure 1. Flowchart of the series of scenarios. The character names ‘Taro’ and ‘Yuji’ were presented for male participants, with the names ‘Hanako’ and ‘Tomomi’ substituted, respectively, for female participants.

Table 1. Means (SDs) of state self-esteem scores in terms of group, sharing behavior, and time.

	Experimental		Control
Time	Sharing (n = 105)	Non-sharing (n = 123)	Sharing (n = 129)	Non-sharing (n = 93)
T1	29.01 (7.51)	28.55 (7.34)	30.18 (7.07)	29.51 (7.48)
T2	32.94 (6.85)	32.91 (6.98)	33.02 (6.24)	32.24 (7.44)

T1 and T2 indicate the time before and after experiencing schadenfreude, respectively.

Figure 2. State self-esteem scores before (T1) and after (T2) experiencing schadenfreude. Error bars represent standard errors.