Group project research: Psychology behind jealousy, revenge and its social impact.

I have been browsing the net searching around for interesting e-books giving information regarding to what can cause jealousy within the environment of a School premises. One has definitely struck my attention - "The Phsycology of Jealousy and Envy" by Peter Salovey. 


It is a an informative piece about how the mind works within different social environments and age groups.



One of the main interesting quotes I found from here suggests that jealousy is a mix of emotions,which can vary in style based on what kind of catalyst ignites the seething displeasure in the first place.

This formula shows a mix of emotions that would typically lead to jealousy that you would expect an adolescent to encounter in their crazed hormonal state.

Jealousy = (Commitment) X (Insecurity) X (Arousability)

Now imagine a large group of young teenagers: All have commitment issues to their homework, all are insecure about their looks (especially the girls) and peoples emotional drive for young lust causes havoc in the department of attraction. I think it is important to take this deeper consideration into practise when writing a story about a High School with a raging wild child (or adult) seeking some form of revenge, as it may well be spawned from the very soul of a jealousy itself. Could it become some form of tainted young love story turned ugly? Could it be simply a desire to wield what the bully seems to have - everything you don't. Alternatively it could be viewed the other way around of course, a bully figure tends to be of a jealous nature, usually of their victims themselfs. The cause of racing pulses in School's usually are attuned to that of fear, self confidence and most of all, someones brains.

Chris