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)
Support and Assistance (SaA)
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34.2
Normal range
28.2 — 40.3
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Schadenfreude (S)
Schadenfreude (S)
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28.5
Normal range
22 — 35
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Indifference (I)
Indifference (I)
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33.5
Normal range
26.3 — 40.8
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10
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Passive Regret (PR)
Passive Regret (PR)
Average
38.2
Normal range
32.5 — 43.9
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Envy (E)
Envy (E)
Average
30.5
Normal range
25.1 — 35.8
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The desire to achieve the same (Tdtats)
The desire to achieve the same (Tdtats)
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30.9
Normal range
25.2 — 36.6
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10
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Regret about oneself (Rao)
Regret about oneself (Rao)
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37.9
Normal range
31.6 — 44.2
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10
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Joy for Another (JfA)
Joy for Another (JfA)
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37.5
Normal range
30.2 — 44.9
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10
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50
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SAMPLE QUESTIONS
Example Questions From the Test
Rate the extent to which you agree with each statement describing ways of responding to the situations presented, using the following scale:
1 – I never think this way
2 – I think this way only occasionally
3 – Neither agree nor disagree
4 – I think this way fairly often
5 – I always think this way
Please rate every statement. Ratings may be used more than once.
- “It’s a shame I wasn’t appreciated for what I’m worth.”
- “I wish management would find out what their ‘real’ abilities are.”
- “Now I’ll do everything I can to get promoted too!”
- “I’m so happy for them!”
- "Well done! They deserve it!"
- "I will work even harder and better so that next time I am definitely praised too."
- "It is a shame, of course, that I was not praised."
- "They were praised completely undeservedly, and if I get a good chance, I will try to point that out."
- “It’s a shame I’m not as successful.”
- “I admire how well he relates to women.”
- “I should watch how he talks with women and try to do the same.”
- “Why do women like him? To be honest, it irritates me.”
WHAT THE TEST MEASURES
About This Assessment
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Ways of Responding to Another Person's Superiority and Failures Test - Symptoms and Signs
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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