Psychological Envy-Therapy; From Diagnosis To Treatment; By Investigating The Related Factors of Envy In Psychosomatic Medicine, Moral, Spiritual, Socio-Economic And Legal Fields

Authors

  • Younes Keihani Far Teaching Assistant, Department of Psychology, Ahvaz and Shushtar Branches, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran (corresponding author).

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.63053/ijhes.98

Keywords:

: Psychological Envy-Therapy, Psychological Disorders, Social Motivation of Envy, Learned Envy, Psychosomatic Medicine

Abstract

Background and purpose: Envy is one of the major and negative human emotions that has a destructive effect on personal and interpersonal relationships, mental, physical, spiritual health and daily functioning. For this reason, the purpose of this research is to investigate the psychological causes, grounds, etiology and symptomatology of envy and how to treat it, which is practical in terms of purpose and descriptive survey in terms of data collection.

Method: The current research is a document-library type and was conducted with a qualitative method. For this purpose, using the available sampling method, 127 male and female students of Islamic Azad University of Khuzestan branches and employees working in Ahvaz hospitals were selected, and using Valizadeh's envy questionnaire (for university students) and Wang's organizational envy questionnaire (for hospitals employees), semi-structured interview and data collected from reliable sources of psychology were subjected to psychoanalysis and analysis.

Ethical considerations: In the entire research period, all ethical principles have been taken into consideration in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki.

Findings: Regarding the causes and etiology: the background and psychological causes of envy in physical, mental, psychological, spiritual, cultural and social dimensions, numerous examples and basic concepts such as psychological needs, psychological disorders, personality traits, lifestyle, level of expectations from oneself and others, social comparison, risk of deprivation, inequality, materialism, learned envy, content of media stimulation, evaluation of justice and social motivation of envy and disorders or malfunctions of some brain areas were identified and analyzed. Brain regions involved in envy including Striatum (Limbic system), anterior Cingulate Gyrus and Cortical area of the Frontal Lobe were investigated.

Conclusion: The results showed that envy has both internal factors, such as motivation, and external factors, such as university and organization policies, family and society, and can be formed at birth and childhood in the family. Therefore, depending on the causes and factors, it can be negative and sometimes destructive. Therefore, envy therapy and finding a suitable therapeutic solution and making constructive decisions require etiology and understanding the concepts, dimensions and causes of envy and its examples. Therefore, it is suggested to reduce the field of envy while granting some privileges, bonuses and making some reforms in the field of university education and job promotion conditions. In addition, holding a scientific workshops and distributing brochures can be the basis for reducing and controlling envy and its destructive consequences and increasing cooperation, development and prosperity.

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Published

2024-07-20

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Keihani Far, Y. (2024). Psychological Envy-Therapy; From Diagnosis To Treatment; By Investigating The Related Factors of Envy In Psychosomatic Medicine, Moral, Spiritual, Socio-Economic And Legal Fields . International Journal of New Findings in Health and Educational Sciences (IJHES), 2(3), 124–146. https://doi.org/10.63053/ijhes.98

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