Ways of Responding to Another Person's Superiority and Failures Test
Understand how someone reacts emotionally and behaviorally to others’ wins and setbacks in 4 minutes. 20 quick items support better coaching, team fit, and conflict prevention.
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Support and Assistance (SaA)
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Schadenfreude (S)
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Indifference (I)
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Passive Regret (PR)
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Envy (E)
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The desire to achieve the same (Tdtats)
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Regret about oneself (Rao)
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Joy for Another (JfA)
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What does this questionnaire measure?
It measures typical emotional and behavioral responses to other people’s successes and setbacks. It focuses on reactions such as support, empathy, envy, distancing, or avoidance.
How is the questionnaire completed?
Each item presents a brief scenario, followed by response options. The task is to select the option that most closely matches the usual reaction.
How long does it take and how many items are included?
Completion time is about 4 minutes. The questionnaire includes 20 items.
Is there a right or wrong answer?
No; responses are descriptive rather than evaluative. Results reflect patterns of reaction, not correctness.
How should results be used?
Results can inform work on social comparison, motivation, team interaction, and conflict patterns. Interpretation should consider context and other assessment information.
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Ways of Responding to Another Person's Superiority and Failures Test
This measure assesses how an individual typically responds when another person experiences success or failure, with attention to common emotional and behavioral reaction patterns. Ways of Responding to Another Person's Superiority and Failures presents brief interpersonal scenarios and asks respondents to endorse reactions that best reflect their likely response.
The instrument includes 20 items and typically takes about 4 minutes to complete. It may be used in clinical, counseling, or research contexts to inform understanding of interpersonal functioning in situations involving social comparison, support, or distancing behaviors.
Ways of Responding to Another Person's Superiority and Failures was developed by Susan T. Fiske and Shelley E. Taylor. Results are generally interpreted descriptively to characterize response tendencies rather than to establish a diagnosis, and should be considered alongside other clinical information when used in applied settings.
Author: Shelley E. Taylor, Susan T. Fiske
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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