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Fear of being envied makes people behave well toward others
December 4, 2010 by NewsBot
It's nice to have success -- but it can also make you worry that the jealous people will try to bring you down. New research has found that the fear of being the target of malicious envy makes people act more helpfully toward people who they think might be jealous of them.