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Benign and Malicious Envy Scale (BeMaS)

Benign and Malicious Envy Scale (BeMaS) Test

Learn whether your envy tends to motivate growth or fuel resentment in about 2 minutes. Ten quick items deliver clear insights you can use in coaching, therapy, or team support.

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23/30

Destructive Envy (DE)

Measures the tendency to experience envy as hostile resentment with a wish to bring others down rather than improve oneself.

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High

5 – 14: Low | 15 – 30: High

A score of 23 falls in the High range, suggesting envy is more likely to be experienced with hostility and impulses to undermine the person envied.

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23/30

Benign Envy (BE)

Measures the extent to which envy is channeled into self-improvement and striving to reach others’ achievements rather than undermining them.

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Moderate

High

5 – 15: Low | 16 – 27: Moderate | 28 – 30: High

A score of 23 falls in the Moderate range, suggesting you often use social comparison as motivation for personal growth, though this tendency is not consistently strong across situations.

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Self-improvement seekers

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People who notice envy in themselves and want to turn it into motivation for growth rather than resentment.

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Helping professionals who use quick screening to spot whether a client’s envy fuels progress or harms relationships.

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25%OF USERS

Managers assessing hidden rivalry in teams to prevent toxic dynamics and support healthier competition.

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Destructive Envy (DE)

Average

14.3

Normal range

11.2 — 17.5

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Constructive Envy (CE)

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16.8

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12.2 — 21.4

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What does this questionnaire measure?

It measures two forms of envy: growth-oriented envy and harm-oriented envy. Results indicate which tendency is more prominent.

How is constructive envy different from destructive envy?

Constructive envy reflects motivation to improve and reach similar outcomes. Destructive envy reflects wishing for another person to lose status or experience setbacks.

How long does it take, and how many items are included?

Completion typically takes about 2 minutes. The questionnaire includes 10 items.

How should items be answered?

Select the response that best matches typical thoughts and reactions in comparable situations. Answer all items without overthinking individual statements.

How should results be interpreted and used?

Scores are indicators, not diagnoses, and should be considered alongside other information. Results may support coaching, counseling, or team-focused interventions.

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Benign and Malicious Envy Scale (BeMaS) Test

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This self-report measure assesses dispositional envy by distinguishing between constructive and hostile motivational tendencies. The Benign and Malicious Envy Scale (BeMaS) is commonly used in research and clinical contexts to characterize how individuals typically respond to others’ advantages.

Developed by Richard H. Smith and W. Gerrod Parrott, it consists of 10 items and takes about 2 minutes to complete. Items are rated to yield separate indicators of benign envy (self-improvement–oriented responses) and malicious envy (other-directed resentment or ill will).

Scores from the Benign and Malicious Envy Scale (BeMaS) can help inform case conceptualization or treatment planning when envy-related affect, social comparison, or interpersonal strain is clinically relevant. Results should be interpreted in conjunction with clinical interview data and other assessment information.

Author: Richard H. Smith, W. Gerrod Parrott

Literature: Smith, R. H., Parrott, W. G., Diener, E. F., Hoyle, R. H., & Kim, S. H. Dispositional envy. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 1999.

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