Comparison of the Concept of Envy in Generations X, Y and Z

• Authors: Paulina Banaszkiewicz

Title variants

PL

Porównanie pojęcia zawiści w pokoleniach X, Y i Z

Abstracts

PL

Celem badania było określenie, jak rozwija się pojęcie zawiści w różnych pokoleniach. Badanie zostało przeprowadzone na polskiej grupie złożonej z 247 uczestników (157 kobiet, 90 mężczyzn) należących do pokoleń X, Y i Z. Założono, że pojęcie zawiści różni się w tych generacjach. Zastosowano zadanie emocjonalnej fluencji werbalnej. Słowa podane przez badanych przeanalizowano pod kątem klastrów semantycznych, ogólnej liczby słów nawiązujących do pojęcia zawiści oraz walencji zawiści. Wieloczynnikowa analiza wariancji pokazała, że więcej słów odnoszących się do innych osób podawali badani z pokolenia Z. W pokoleniu X nie pojawił się klaster „pozytywnej manifestacji”. Przeprowadzono analizę czynnikową w celu określenia struktury pojęcia zawiści w każdym pokoleniu. Wyniki wskazują, że w pokoleniach Z oraz Y pojęcie zawiści zawiera zawiść złośliwą i niezłośliwą. W pokoleniu X pojęcie zawiści odzwierciedla jedynie złośliwą zawiść. Wyniki poddano dyskusji w odniesieniu do ogólnej charakterystyki pokoleń oraz specyfiki pokolenia X w Polsce.

EN

The aim of the study was to examine the concept of envy in different generations. The study was conducted in a group of 247 Polish subjects (including 157 women, 90 men) representing Generations Z, Y and X. It was hypothesized that the concept of envy differs between the generations. An emotional verbal fluency task was used. The words given by the subjects were examined for semantic clusters, as well as the total number of words related to the concept of envy and valence of envy. A multivariate analysis showed that more words related to other persons were given by the subjects from Generation Z. In Generation X, the cluster “positive manifestations” did not appear. Factor analysis was conducted to obtain the structure of the concept in each generation separately. The results show that both malicious and nonmalicious envy is present in the concept of this emotion in Generation Z and Generation Y. In Generation X, the concept of envy reflects only malicious envy. The results were discussed by reference to the general characteristics of these generations and the specificity of Generation X in Poland.

Keywords

EN

envy; the concept of envy; generational differences; Generation Z; Generation Y; Generation X

PL

zawiść; pojęcie zawiści; różnice pokoleniowe; pokolenie Z; pokolenie Y; pokolenie X

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej
• Journal: Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Skłodowska, sectio J – Paedagogia-Psychologia
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 33
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 33-47

Dates

published

2020

Contributors

author

Paulina Banaszkiewicz

• Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej. Wydział Pedagogiki i Psychologii

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Identifiers

DOI

10.17951/j.2020.33.3.33-47

Biblioteka Nauki

34111945