%0 Journal Article
%T Schadenfreude and Gluckschmerz Are Emotional Signals of (Im)Balance
%A Niels van de Ven
%J Emotion Review
%@ 1754-0747
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/1754073918768883
%X Smith and van Dijk (2018) explore the relationship between the emotions schadenfreude and gluckschmerz, and why people experience these emotions. Their perspective is valuable and adds to a better understanding of how people respond to the fortunes of others. In this manuscript I try to further these ideas by arguing that schadenfreude and gluckschmerz are best seen as signals that indicate that a balance in how we would want the world to be is restored (for schadenfreude) or violated (for gluckschmerz)
%K gluckschmerz
%K schadenfreude
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1754073918768883