Name: __________________________ Date:_______

Dispositional Envy Scale (DES)

Respond to the statements below using the following scale:

1 = strongly disagree
2 = moderately disagree
3 = neither agree nor disagree
4 = moderately agree
5 = strongly agree

_____ 1. I feel envy every day.

_____ 2. The bitter truth is that I generally feel inferior to others.

_____ 3. Feelings of envy constantly torment me.

_____ 4. It is so frustrating to see some people succeed so easily.

_____ 5. No matter what I do, envy always plagues me.

_____ 6. I am troubled by feelings of inadequacy.

_____ 7. It somehow doesn’t seem fair that some people seem to have all the
talent.

_____ 8. Frankly, the success of my neighbors makes me resent them.

Source: Smith, R. H., Parrott, W. G., Diener, E. F., Hoyle, R. H., & Kim, S. H. (1999).
Dispositional Envy Scale. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 25, 1011. Copyright
© 1999 by Sage Publications, Inc. Reprinted with permission.
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