Participants’ benign envy was measured using a four-item scale adapted from Van de Ven,Zeelenberg, and Pieters (2009). Because malicious envy and benign envy are differentiated by activated thoughts or action tendencies,existing studies tend to use behavioral expressions as measurement(Lange and Crusius 2015; Van de Ven, Zeelenberg,and Pieters 2009). For example, previous research has measured benign envy through items such as “I tried harder to achieve my goals” and “I complimented the other for his or her success” (Van de Ven, Zeelenberg, and Pieters 2009).Similarly, this study adapted measurement items from previous research to measure benign envy. Sample items include “I will work hard to get similar travel opportunities in the future” and “I would like to compliment (via ‘thumbsup like’ or comment) A’s post” (Cronbach’s α = 0.79). All constructs were measured on a 7-point Likert scale.