Verbal and non verbal behavior values as expression of envy

Abstract

The present communicarion reports a study abour verbal and non verbal behavior perceived as expression of envy in a sample of Peruvian students. 709 students of a privare university ofLima (376 women and 333 men} complered a 31-irems scale, prepared by rhe aurhors. They evaluared rhemselves in a 11-points scale abour rhe rheir traits of envioussnes and completed too a 11-points scale about the amount of envy in Peru, as they perceive it. Resulrs are almost the same form both genders (3.19 versus 3.20}, but women believe more than men there is envy in Peru (7.34 versus 6.96; <0.05). The behavior found as the most representative of envy was "one becomes green of envy" (Peruvian idiomatic expression that means extreme envy). The second behavior was malicious comments about mistakes and defeats of people. Aurhors comment these results in the frame of the social reality of Peru.