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Ways of Responding to Another Person's Superiority and Failures

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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October 2, 2025

October 2, 2025
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How the Scales are Structured

example score

29/50

Assistance and Support (AaS)

Measures the tendency to offer active support and practical help to others when they experience setbacks or failure.

Low support

Moderate support

High support

10 – 23: Low support | 24 – 36: Moderate support | 37 – 50: High support

A score of 29 falls in the Moderate support range, suggesting a generally supportive response to others’ difficulties that may vary by situation or relationship.

example score

48/50

Schadenfreude (S)

Measures the tendency to experience pleasure or satisfaction when others experience setbacks or misfortune.

Low

Moderate

High

10 – 23: Low | 24 – 36: Moderate | 37 – 50: High

A score of 48 falls in the High range, indicating a strong tendency to feel enjoyment in response to others' misfortunes rather than concern or support.

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12/50

Indifference (I)

Measures the degree of emotional detachment and lack of involvement in others’ failures or troubles.

Low indifference

Moderate indifference

High indifference

10 – 23: Low indifference | 24 – 36: Moderate indifference | 37 – 50: High indifference

A score of 12 falls in the Low indifference range, suggesting you are generally emotionally responsive and not typically detached when others experience setbacks.

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33/50

Passive Regret (PR)

Passive Regret measures the tendency to feel pity and compassionate concern for others when they experience setbacks or misfortune.

Low empathy response

Moderate empathy response

High empathy response

10 – 23: Low empathy response | 24 – 36: Moderate empathy response | 37 – 50: High empathy response

A score of 33 suggests a moderate tendency to respond to others’ difficulties with pity and compassionate empathy, typically showing concern without becoming strongly emotionally absorbed.

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45/50

Envy (E)

Measures the tendency to react to others’ valued successes with resentment and impulses to reduce or undermine their advantage.

Low

Moderate

High

10 – 23: Low | 24 – 36: Moderate | 37 – 50: High

A score of 45 falls in the High range, suggesting a strong likelihood of experiencing others’ superiority as threatening and responding with impulses to devalue or diminish their success.

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36/50

Desire to Achieve the Same (DtAtS)

Measures how strongly others’ successes motivate a person to strive to achieve similar results as a form of self-improvement.

Low drive

Moderate drive

High drive

10 – 23: Low drive | 24 – 37: Moderate drive | 38 – 50: High drive

A score of 36 indicates a moderate tendency to use others’ achievements as motivation for personal growth and goal-setting.

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22/50

Self-Pity (SP)

Measures the tendency to feel self-directed regret and discouragement when others outperform or succeed.

Low regret

Moderate regret

High regret

10 – 23: Low regret | 24 – 36: Moderate regret | 37 – 50: High regret

A score of 22 falls in the Low regret range, suggesting that others’ successes are less likely to trigger strong self-blame or sadness for you.

example score

45/50

Joy for Another Person (JfAP)

Measures how strongly a person experiences genuine positive emotion and pride in response to others' successes and superiority.

Limited shared joy

Some shared joy

Strong shared joy

10 – 23: Limited shared joy | 24 – 36: Some shared joy | 37 – 50: Strong shared joy

A score of 45 indicates a strong tendency to genuinely celebrate others’ achievements and feel proud of them.

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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

Team leads and HR

41%OF USERS

They use it to spot how employees react to others’ wins or setbacks and reduce conflict while improving team dynamics.

Coaches and therapists

34%OF USERS

They use it as a quick check of social comparison habits to guide work on empathy, envy, support, and resilience.

Self-growth seekers

25%OF USERS

They take it to understand their own reactions to friends’ or colleagues’ success and failure and choose healthier responses.

BASED ON AGGREGATED, ANONYMIZED DATA FROM TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FREUDLY USERS.

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Support and Assistance (SaA)

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34.2

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Schadenfreude (S)

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28.5

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Indifference (I)

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33.5

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Passive Regret (PR)

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38.2

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Envy (E)

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30.5

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The desire to achieve the same (Tdtats)

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Regret about oneself (Rao)

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37.9

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Joy for Another (JfA)

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37.5

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CLEAR ANSWERS TO COMMON QUESTIONS

Frequently Asked Questions

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.

WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

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Ways a Subject Responds to Another's Superiority and Failures Test

Ways of Responding to Another Person's Superiority and Failures Test - Symptoms and Signs

empathy response style envy

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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