How East Asia Breeds Envy

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Comparison culture is core to how East Asians assess themselves and others. Why are comparisons so easily drawn, and what are the consequences of it?

Timestamps
0:00 Intro
00:38 The prevalence of comparisons in EA culture
4:09 Cultural factors and a 'standardised life trajectory'
13:00 The different types of envy
16:14 Envy and self comparison between close ties
21:35 Concluding thoughts + the significance of finding your own path
23:35 "why don't you adopt the neighbours kid instead" (patreon sneak peak)

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References

There are soo many incredible papers looking at self-comparisons and envy but i found really little research on how being compared to can impact us. i know its pretty ironic for me to compare the research papers that exist for both topics lol but honestly if any academics are reading this i think this could be a really valuable subject to look into more !! i know at least i would love to revisit this topic again once more research becomes available :)

Academic references

Cheng, J., Burke, M. and de Gant, B. (2021). Country Differences in Social Comparison on Social Media. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, 4(CSCW3), pp.1–26. doi:https://doi.org/10.1145/3434179.
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Guo, S., Bi, K., Zhang, L. and Jiang, H. (2022). How Does Social Comparison Influence Chinese Adolescents’ Flourishing through Short Videos? International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(13), p.8093. doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19138093.

Lee, J.K. (2020). The effects of social comparison orientation on psychological well-being in social networking sites: Serial mediation of perceived social support and self-esteem. Current Psychology, (online) 41(9). doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-020-01....
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Ng, Y.-K. (2021). The East-Asian Happiness Gap: Causes and Implications. Happiness—Concept, Measurement and Promotion, pp.133–143. doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-49....

Zong, W. and Hawk, S.T. (2021). Malicious and benign maternal envy in Chinese childrearing. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 38(9), pp.2609–2629. doi:https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407521101....

References

Ware, N. (2014) Why we’re unhappy -- the expectation gap | Nat Ware | TEDxKlagenfurt. YouTube. Available at:    • Why we're unhappy -- the expectation ...  .

No, K.M (2024). (AtoZ into Korean mind) Envy: Emotional toll triggered by social comparison. (online) The Korea Herald. Available at: https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?...

sites.gatech.edu. (n.d.). Social Comparison. (online) Available at: https://sites.gatech.edu/koreanmedia/....

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