We review the burgeoning literature on the social effects of emotions, documenting the
impact of emotional expressions on observers' affect, cognition, and behavior. We find …

Highlights•Facebook use has recently been linked to depression and negative
affectivity.•Unflattering social comparison and envy are common experiences for Facebook …

Social media influencers are often seen as independent third-party endorsers who can
utilize their blogs, tweets and other type of social media tools to influence the attitudes of …

In an examination of influencer success, the current research draws from brand personality
literature and identifies social media influencers (SMIs) as human brands. Specifically, this …

Psychological research supports the notion that people constantly engage in social
comparisons. Research on specific, comparison‐based emotions highlights how the …

Despite envy's importance as a driver of social behavior, scholars disagree on its
conceptualization. We review the literature and distinguish three incongruent theories:(a) …

Pride is a self-conscious emotion, comprised of two distinct facets known as authentic and
hubristic pride, and associated with a cross-culturally recognized nonverbal expression …

The extant social undermining literature suggests that employees envy and, consequently,
undermine coworkers when they feel that these coworkers are better off and thus pose a …

It is widely assumed that narcissists are envious. Nevertheless, evidence supporting this
claim has remained elusive. In five studies (N= 1,225), we disentangle how grandiose …

Envy is the pain that arises from the good fortune of others. Recent research identified two
subtypes of envy, benign and malicious envy. Malicious envy is the envy subtype with action …