Table 3 Results of the Three-Profile Solution Among both Adolescents and Adults, and Mean Comparisons of Dispositional Malicious and Benign Envy across Three Profiles.

From: The way I see the world, the way I envy others: a person-centered investigation of worldviews and the malicious and benign forms of envy among adolescents and adults

 

Adolescents (n = 664)

Adults (n = 584)

 

Skeptical-pessimistic profile

(12.7%)

Hopeful-optimistic profile

(83.4%)

Flexible profile

(3.9%)

Skeptical-pessimistic profile

(5.3%)

Hopeful-optimistic profile

(20.0%)

Reserved profile

(74.7%)

SCYN

3.52

2.94

4.08c

3.57

3.26

3.24c

RFA

2.93

3.94

4.23c

3.23

4.04

3.52c

SCOM

3.77

3.96

4.53c

4.01

4.09

3.77c

FC

2.90

2.59b

3.74

3.19

3.62b

3.25

REL

2.68a

3.35

3.61

1.75a

3.96

3.12

n

84

554

26

31

117

436

Within-Group Comparison Across Profiles#

ME

2.94d

2.35e

3.12d

2.55d

2.67d

2.72d

BE

3.17d

3.53e

4.00f

2.96d

3.84e

3.39f

  1. SCYN social cynicism, RFA reward for application, SCOM social complexity, FC fate control, REL religiosity, ME dispositional malicious envy, BE dispositional benign envy.
  2. asignificant mean difference of profile 1 between adolescents and adults.
  3. bsignificant mean difference of profile 2 between adolescents and adults.
  4. csignificant mean difference of profile 3 between adolescents and adults.
  5. #Means with different superscripts (viz., d, e, and f) are significantly different within the same group.