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BRIEF ARTICLE

Envy and admiration: emotion and motivation following upward social comparison

Niels van de VenDepartment of Social Psychology, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The NetherlandsCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 193-200 | Received 13 May 2015, Accepted 24 Aug 2015, Published online: 24 Sep 2015

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