Coverage highlights a study on the effects of revenge
Culture · First reported 8 Nov, 18:35 · Updated 19:43
The two articles present small acts of revenge as potentially enjoyable, with one reporting that a study found a mood boost without a later emotional crash.
- The Times reports that a major study found revenge can give an immediate mood boost without a later emotional crash.
- The Times says the finding challenges what psychologists previously thought.
- The Daily Mail frames the topic around retaliation against an ex, colleague or neighbour, and says readers may have imagined doing so.
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- Study finding as reported
- Revenge gives an immediate mood boost without a bitter emotional crash.
- Examples cited
- An ex, a colleague and a neighbour.
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