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Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 2007
The past and current states of research on social comparison are reviewed with regard to a series of major theoretical developments that have occurred in the past 5 decades. These are, in chronological order: (1) classic social comparison theory, (2) fear-affiliation theory, (3) downward comparison theory, (4) social comparison as social cognition, and
Buunk, Abraham P., Gibbons, Frederick X.
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The past and current states of research on social comparison are reviewed with regard to a series of major theoretical developments that have occurred in the past 5 decades. These are, in chronological order: (1) classic social comparison theory, (2) fear-affiliation theory, (3) downward comparison theory, (4) social comparison as social cognition, and
Buunk, Abraham P., Gibbons, Frederick X.
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2017
Social comparisons are important determinants of subjective well-being. That is, subjective well-being depends not on only on one’s absolute position in terms of, for instance, status and health but also on one’s position relative to others. The present chapter provides a review of the most important literature on the relationships between social ...
Dijkstra, Pieternel, Buunk, Abraham P.
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Social comparisons are important determinants of subjective well-being. That is, subjective well-being depends not on only on one’s absolute position in terms of, for instance, status and health but also on one’s position relative to others. The present chapter provides a review of the most important literature on the relationships between social ...
Dijkstra, Pieternel, Buunk, Abraham P.
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Social Comparison and Depression
The Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1988It has been suggested that a central factor in depression is the experience of feeling different from others. This study set out to examine the relationship between pre-attributional consensus judgments, perceived trait discrepancy from others, and depression.
A, Furnham, C R, Brewin
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2018
Upward social comparison can give rise to the emotion of envy: the pain caused by the good fortune of others. We explain what envy is, and what the possible function of envy is to an organism experiencing it. We provide an overview of past work on envy, the distinction between two subtypes (benign and malicious envy), possible antecedents of envy ...
Niels van de Ven, Marcel Zeelenberg
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Upward social comparison can give rise to the emotion of envy: the pain caused by the good fortune of others. We explain what envy is, and what the possible function of envy is to an organism experiencing it. We provide an overview of past work on envy, the distinction between two subtypes (benign and malicious envy), possible antecedents of envy ...
Niels van de Ven, Marcel Zeelenberg
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Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 1981
Recent research on the characteristics of comparison others most desired during self-evaluation of abilities suggests that preferences are stronger for similar others than for standard setters. In the present study, conclusions concerning comparison choice strategies were reexamined by allowing subjects to make choices that could simultaneously ...
Nina S. Feldman, Diane N. Ruble
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Recent research on the characteristics of comparison others most desired during self-evaluation of abilities suggests that preferences are stronger for similar others than for standard setters. In the present study, conclusions concerning comparison choice strategies were reexamined by allowing subjects to make choices that could simultaneously ...
Nina S. Feldman, Diane N. Ruble
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2018
Social comparison activity is one of the most important spheres of human functioning; it is necessary for appraising where one stands within his or her community and for establishing viable routes for connecting with others. Social comparison is thus a critical psychological phenomenon essential to understanding both social behavior and formation of ...
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Social comparison activity is one of the most important spheres of human functioning; it is necessary for appraising where one stands within his or her community and for establishing viable routes for connecting with others. Social comparison is thus a critical psychological phenomenon essential to understanding both social behavior and formation of ...
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Social comparison in social media
CHI '14 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2014Recent attention has focused on the tendency for social media, namely Facebook and its News Feed, to promote unfavorable social comparisons, or envy. We extend this work in a survey that looks at three main questions. First, are people who exhibit lower well-being more vulnerable to unfavorable social comparisons in social media?
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Social Comparison Is Basic to Social Psychology
The American Journal of Psychology, 2008Social comparison is one of the classic social psychological themes that many social psychologists like, appreciate, and respect. In fact, some argue that social comparison theory seems to be everybody's second most favorite theory. Why are most of us such fans of social comparison theory? Undoubtedly, one reason is that social comparison processes are
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Social Comparison and Social Psychology
2005Much of our knowledge about ourselves, and about the world in which we live, is based on a process of social comparison. Our tendency to appraise events, objects, people, and social groups by making comparisons has captured the interest of social psychologists for over half a century.
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Social Identity and Social Comparison
2000Social comparison is a pervasive and fundamental feature of group life. People compare themselves with fellow group members, they compare themselves with people in other groups, and they compare their own group with other groups. From these comparisons emerge group norms, group structure, and intergroup relations, which in turn provide the framework ...
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