Skala benigne i maliciozne zavisti // Serbian translation of the Dispositional Benign and Malicious Envy Scale (BeMaS)
Translated by
Marija Branković (2017)
Items
| # | Variable | Item wording |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | benign1 | Kada nekome zavidim, fokusiram se na to kako da budem jednako uspešan/a u budućnosti. |
| 2 | malicious1 | Želeo/la bih da superiorni ljudi izgube svoju prednost. |
| 3 | benign2 | Kada primetim da je neko bolji od mene, trudim se da se popravim. |
| 4 | benign3 | Zavist prema drugima me pokreće da ostvarim svoje ciljeve. |
| 5 | malicious2 | Kada drugi ljudi imaju nešto što želim, poželim to da im oduzmem. |
| 6 | malicious3 | Osećam neprijateljstvo prema ljudima kojima zavidim. |
| 7 | benign4 | Težim da dostignem one koji su bolji od mene. |
| 8 | malicious4 | Osećanja zavisti čine da ne volim druge ljude. |
| 9 | benign5 | Ako je neko od mene bolji, uspešniji ili imućniji, trudim se da to i sam/a dostignem. |
| 10 | malicious5 | Kivan/na sam kada vidim tuđa postignuća. |
Scale anchors
Participants answer on a 6-point scale ranging from 1 (strongly disagree) to 6 (strongly agree).
Scoring
The scale responses are scored by averaging the items of the benign envy and malicious envy subscales, respectively. Please find sample code here.
Benigna zavist: 1, 3, 4, 7, 9; Maligna zavist: 2, 5, 6, 8, 10
Translation reference
Dinić, B. M., & Branković, M. (2022). Cross-cultural comparison of the benign and malicious envy scale (BeMaS) across Serbian and US samples and further validation. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 38(1), 49–60. https://doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000643
Original reference
Lange, J., & Crusius, J. (2015). Dispositional envy revisited: Unraveling the motivational dynamics of benign and malicious envy. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 41(2), 284–294. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167214564959
PDF file
BeMaS_Serbian_Branković_2017.pdf
Other translations
Translations of the BeMaS to other languages can be found here.