Does Social Comparison Make a Difference? Optimism as a Moderator of the Relation between Comparison Level and Academic Performance

By F. Gibbons, Hart Blanton, M. Gerrard, B. Buunk, Tami J. Eggleston. 2000

98 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Applied Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology

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In Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

1. E. Pomerantz
2. Ellen Altermatt

In Social Psychology

1. Ellen Altermatt
2. E. Pomerantz

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• The implications of having high-achieving versus low-achieving friends: A longitudinal analysis (2005, background): “In addition, both Blanton et al. (1999) and Gibbons et al. (2000) provide evidence that children’s performance is positively affected when children compare test scores with high-achieving classmates.”