envy

Attributed advantage

Records the comparison target and the particular possession, position, experience, or quality attributed to them.

1. Whose advantage is salient, and what exactly is the person believed to have? definition
2. What information supports this attributed advantage, and which parts remain assumed or selectively presented? provenance

Meaning of disadvantage

Records what the comparison appears to imply about the person's opportunities, standing, or valued identity.

1. What does the person believe they lack relative to the target, and why does that difference matter to them? definition
2. Would the desired thing remain important if the person had never learned that this target possessed it? boundary

Felt comparative distress

Records discomfort associated with the comparison, including the person's own emotional vocabulary.

1. How does the person describe their experience when attending to the target's advantage? definition
2. How intense is that experience now, using the person's chosen scale and anchors? measurement

Basis for envy attribution

Records who proposed the label, whether the person accepts it, and competing interpretations.

1. Is envy the person's own description, another person's attribution, or an agent's tentative interpretation? provenance
2. What supports envy rather than, or alongside, admiration, longing, jealousy, resentment, or disappointment? boundary

Attainability and deservingness

Captures whether the person believes a similar advantage is available to them and whether they regard the target's advantage as deserved.

1. Does the person believe they could obtain a similar advantage, and what obstacles or opportunities inform that belief? definition
2. Which fairness concerns concern an identifiable wrong, and which concern the difference in outcomes itself? boundary

Preferred change

Records the change the person wants without equating a wish with a plan or action.

1. Would relief come from gaining something similar, the target losing it, receiving recognition, or no longer using this comparison? definition
2. Which wishes, if any, have become intentions or concrete plans? action

Salience trigger

Records what brought the target's advantage to attention and the surrounding context.

1. What encounter, announcement, image, or recollection made this advantage salient? provenance
2. How often does exposure to this target or advantage coincide with a renewed painful comparison? measurement

Episode trajectory

Records whether the experience is easing, recurring, or persisting and what reportedly changed alongside it.

1. How long does the experience last, and how frequently does attention return to this comparison? measurement
2. When envy eased or intensified, what changed in the perceived gap, exposure to the target, or importance of the advantage? provenance

Conduct and attributed motive

Distinguishes observed pursuit, avoidance, disparagement, support, or interference from assumptions about why they occurred.

1. What did the person actually do after the comparison, as distinct from what they felt or imagined doing? provenance
2. What evidence connects that conduct to envy, and what other motives or circumstances could explain it? boundary

Feasible response and outcome

Records an agreed response and whether it changes distress, comparative preoccupation, or relevant behaviour.

1. Which feasible response fits the person's underlying goal: pursuing the advantage, changing the comparison standard, adjusting exposure, or discussing an unmet need? action
2. After the response, what changed in comparative distress, attention to the target, progress toward the goal, and effects on others? measurement

Kinds and varieties

Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.

1. Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of envy this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance

Identifiers and schemes

Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.

1. Which of these identifiers and schemes hold for the sense of envy this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance

Standards and regulation

Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.

1. Which of these standards and regulation hold for the sense of envy this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance

Real-world use

Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.

1. Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of envy this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance

Typical measurements

Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.

1. Which of these typical measurements hold for the sense of envy this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance

Failure modes and hazards

Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.

1. Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of envy this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance

Regional variation

Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.

1. Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of envy this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance

Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart

Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.

1. Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of envy this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance