Add to ORKGWe investigated people’s responses to exposure to downward and upward targets. In Study 1, among 197 participants, it was predicted and found that such exposure led to a contrast effect on self-evaluation, and to an assimilation effect on affect. In Study 2, among 148 participants, it was predicted and found that the contrast effect on self-evaluation occurred in particular when participants were induced to compare themselves with the target, and that the assimilation effect on affect occurred, in particular, when participants were induced to identify themselves with the target. This study provides preliminary evidence that social comparison and identification are separate processes that influence different variables, in opposite ways
Two experiments demonstrate the importance of control groups in social comparison research. When com...
In a study among sociotherapists, the affective consequences of social comparison were examined and ...
Social comparisons influence self-evaluations in multiple ways. Sometimes self-evaluations are assim...
We investigated people’s responses to exposure to downward and upward targets. In Study 1, among 197...
We investigated people’s responses to exposure to downward and upward targets. In Study 1, among 197...
We investigated people's responses to exposure to downward and upward targets. In Study 1, among 197...
Social comparisons are important determinants of subjective well-being. That is, subjective well-bei...
All in all, the experimental studies presented in the present thesis support the argument that the c...
The authors postulate that the outcome of social comparison processes is determined by the role soci...
In everyday life, the meaning—and thus the consequences—of social comparisons are shaped by the inte...
Three studies show that different forms of self-activation have differential influences on the proce...
The authors postulate that the outcome of social comparison processes is determined by the role soci...
Three studies show that different forms of self-activation have differential influences on the proce...
Two experiments demonstrate the importance of control groups in social comparison research. When com...
In a study among sociotherapists, the affective consequences of social comparison were examined and ...
Social comparisons influence self-evaluations in multiple ways. Sometimes self-evaluations are assim...
We investigated people’s responses to exposure to downward and upward targets. In Study 1, among 197...
We investigated people’s responses to exposure to downward and upward targets. In Study 1, among 197...
We investigated people's responses to exposure to downward and upward targets. In Study 1, among 197...
Social comparisons are important determinants of subjective well-being. That is, subjective well-bei...
All in all, the experimental studies presented in the present thesis support the argument that the c...
The authors postulate that the outcome of social comparison processes is determined by the role soci...
In everyday life, the meaning—and thus the consequences—of social comparisons are shaped by the inte...
Three studies show that different forms of self-activation have differential influences on the proce...
The authors postulate that the outcome of social comparison processes is determined by the role soci...
Three studies show that different forms of self-activation have differential influences on the proce...
Two experiments demonstrate the importance of control groups in social comparison research. When com...
In a study among sociotherapists, the affective consequences of social comparison were examined and ...
Social comparisons influence self-evaluations in multiple ways. Sometimes self-evaluations are assim...