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Envy manifestations and personality disorders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

E. Habimana  and
L. Massé
E. Habimana*
Affiliation:
Department of psychology, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, C.P.500, Trois rivières, Québec, Canada, G9A5H7;
L. Massé
Affiliation:
Department of special education, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, C.P.500, Trois rivières, Québec, Canada, G9A5H7
*
* Correspondence and reprints
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Summary

Personality disorders are frequently associated with socially unacceptable behaviours that might not be always considered deviant. On the other hand, envy has been linked with various forms of maladjustment such as interpersonal conflicts, low self-esteem, depression, anxiety, aggressiveness, and even criminal behaviour such as vandalism and even murder. According to the DSM-IV, none of the personality disorders, except the narcissistic personality, is formally associated with envy. Nevertheless, this ‘deadly sin’ is so omnipresent in human relationships that it cannot be restricted only to the narcissistic personalities. Most scholars recognise that people would deny that they envy someone else since envy is socially considered as highly undesirable; verbal reports are expected to be biased. To circumvent this difficulty, a projective questionnaire is proposed. We constructed two questionnaires: a direct version (DV) and an indirect version (IV). The sample consisted of 786 students from high school and university. Results suggest that the indirect version provides a more accurate assessment of envy.

Keywords

envyevil eyeindirect measurepersonality disorderssocial comparison
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European Psychiatry , Volume 15 , Issue S1 , June 2000 , pp. 15 - 21
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Copyright © 2000 Éditions scientifiques et médicales Elsevier SAS. All rights reserved

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