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The Roles of Media, Social Comparison and Self-discrepancy on Overweight/Obese Patients’ Decision to Undergo Intragastric Botulinum Toxin-A Injection

open access: yesPsikoloji Çalışmaları, 2022
Body image is the sum of individuals’ perceptions of their own bodies. There are various factors that affect body image, one of which is sociocultural factors.
Elif Eşiyok, Dilek Demirtepe Saygılı
doaj   +1 more source

The Role of Social Comparison and Online Social Support in Social Media Addiction Mediated by Self-Esteem and Loneliness [PDF]

open access: yes
Introduction: The diversity of information on social media provides a ubiquitous possibility for social comparison. Online social comparisons have both detrimental and beneficial effects; besides lowering one’s self-esteem, heightening loneliness and ...
Kevin M. FITZPATRICK   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

Social comparison and coping with radiation therapy : the significance of different dimensions of comparison [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
Being confronted with a serious illness such as cancer and being treated for it, is a very threatening experience that may have consequences for almost every part of the patient’s life.
BENNENBROEK, FEMKE THERESIA C.   +1 more
core   +3 more sources

The Role of Comparisons in Judgments of Loneliness

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2021
Loneliness—perceived social isolation—is defined as a discrepancy between existing social relationships and desired quality of relationships. Whereas most research has focused on existing relationships, we consider the standards against which people ...
Andrew J. Arnold   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Burnout, Social Comparison Orientation and the Responses to Social Comparison among Teachers in The Netherlands

open access: yesInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022
(1) Background: Teaching is a profession in which burnout constitutes a prevalent issue and provides ample opportunity to compare oneself with one’s colleagues, i.e., social comparison. The purpose of this research in the Netherlands was to examine responses to social comparison, in relation to burnout, and to individual differences in social ...
Abraham Pieter Buunk   +1 more
openaire   +5 more sources

Social comparison, attraction, and choice of a comparison other [PDF]

open access: yesMemory & Cognition, 1973
The effects of attitudinal similarity and task-relevant affiliative status, together with three situational factors (presence or absence of a monetary reward, choice of information source or work partner, and choice made before or after Ss completed preliminary work on the task), on the choice of comparison others were examined.
P R, Bleda, C H, Castore
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Health‐Related Social Needs in Children With Sickle Cell Disease Are Associated With Worse Health‐Related Quality of Life

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Children with sickle cell disease (SCD) face multiple acute and chronic medical complications that may impact their quality of life as reported by patients themselves. Health‐related social needs (HRSNs), such as food and housing insecurity, are common in people with SCD, but the association between HRSNs and patient‐reported ...
Sarah J. Marks   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The role of social support and self-esteem in the presence and course of depressive symptoms: a comparison of cancer patients and individuals from the general population [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
The key focus of this longitudinal study in the Netherlands was to determine the role of social support (i.e. perceived availability of emotional support, lack of received problem-focused emotional support, and negative interactions) and positive and ...
Schroevers, M.J   +5 more
core   +1 more source

“Left on read” examining social media users’ lurking behavior: an integration of anxiety and social media fatigue

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology
IntroductionWith the widespread use of social media, the behavior and mindset of users have been transformed, leading to a gradual increase in lurking users, which can impede the sustainable development of social media platforms. In this study, we aim to
Xiaoyu Liu   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Mindset of Competition versus Cooperation Moderates the Impact of Social Comparison on Self-Evaluation

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2015
Do people feel better or worse about themselves when working with someone who is better than they are? We present the first replication of the work of Stapel and Koomen (2005) who showed that being in a competitive vs.
Lucie eColpaert   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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