01383cz 2200241n 4500 sh2005001706 DLC 20050713134130.0 050310i| anannbabn |a ana c sh2005001706 IdPI eng DLC Social comparison Social comparison theory g Comparison (Psychology) g Social perception Self-evaluation 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") Festinger, Leon, "A theory of social comparison processes," Human relations, v. 7, 1954: p. 117 (social comparison) Encyclopedia of psychology, 2000, v. 7: p. 332 (social comparison) Encyclopedia of human behavior, v. 4, 1994: p. 225 (social comparison; social comparison theory) Handbook of psychology, v. 5: Personality and social psychology, 2003: p. 335 (social comparison theory) Thesaurus of psychological index terms, 9th ed., 2001: p. 241 (Social Comparison; broader term: Social Perception; related term: Self Evaluation) Here are entered works on the subjective evaluation of one's own or another's personal characteristics by comparison to the characteristics of others.