In this research, we explored and demonstrated a relatively implicit and covert means of undermining envied targets-namely, helping them in a way that retains their future dependence, rather than in a way that increases their autonomy. In four studies, we varied our envy manipulations, measured the extent to which these manipulations trigger malicious motivations, and examined the consequences in terms of intended (Studies 1-2) and actual (Studies 3-4) helping behaviors. In Study 4, we also measured and tested the role of individual differences in terms of proneness to malicious versus benign envy. Taken together, our findings suggest that the extent to which envy toward superior versus neutral peers activates malicious motivations negatively impacts peoples' willingness to provide these superior peers with help, particularly with autonomous help. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).

中文翻译：

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羡慕和帮助给予。

在这项研究中，我们探索并展示了一种相对隐蔽和隐蔽的方式来削弱被嫉妒的目标——即以一种保持他们未来依赖的方式帮助他们，而不是以一种增加他们自主权的方式。在四项研究中，我们改变了我们的嫉妒操作，测量了这些操作触发恶意动机的程度，并检查了预期（研究 1-2）和实际（研究 3-4）帮助行为的后果。在研究 4 中，我们还测量和测试了个体差异在恶意嫉妒与良性嫉妒倾向方面的作用。综上所述，我们的研究结果表明，对上级和中立同龄人的嫉妒在多大程度上激活了恶意动机，这会对人们向这些优秀同龄人提供帮助的意愿产生负面影响，特别是在自主帮助下。（PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2020 APA，保留所有权利）。