Social comparison
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Social comparison
- Here are entered works on the subjective evaluation of one's own or another's personal characteristics by comparison to the characteristics of others.
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- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2005001706
- info:lc/authorities/sh2005001706
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh2005001706#concept
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- Social comparison theory
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Sources
- found: Work cat.: Atkins, Cheri L. Keeping up with the Jones', 2004: t.p. and cover (social comparison) p. 1 (social comparison theory; "The idea that individuals compare themselves to others")
- found: Festinger, Leon, "A theory of social comparison processes," Human relations, v. 7, 1954: p. 117 (social comparison)
- found: Encyclopedia of psychology, 2000, v. 7: p. 332 (social comparison)
- found: Encyclopedia of human behavior, v. 4, 1994: p. 225 (social comparison; social comparison theory)
- found: Handbook of psychology, v. 5: Personality and social psychology, 2003: p. 335 (social comparison theory)
- found: Thesaurus of psychological index terms, 9th ed., 2001: p. 241 (Social Comparison; broader term: Social Perception; related term: Self Evaluation)
General Notes
- Here are entered works on the subjective evaluation of one's own or another's personal characteristics by comparison to the characteristics of others.
Change Notes
- 2005-03-10: new
- 2005-07-13: revised
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