Relationships between the frequency of social comparisons and self-concept clarity, intolerance of uncertainty, anxiety, and depression

By B. Butzer, N. Kuiper. 2006

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How do people compare themselves with others on social network sites?: The case of Facebook (2014, methodology): “Butzer and Kuiper (2006) investigated the relationship between a person’s social comparison frequency and self-uncertainty (i.e., the degree to which a person feels uncertain about herself), which consists of four sub-constructs: self-concept clarity, intolerance of uncertainty, anxiety, and…”
The Big-fish–little-pond-effect Stands Up to Critical Scrutiny: Implications for Theory, Methodology, and Future Research (2008, background): “For example, Butzer and Kuiper (2006) considered neither achievement nor ASC; Cheng and Lam (2007) neither controlled for prior ability nor examined class-average ability; and Stapel and Koomen (2001) did not consider achievement.”
Social Comparison, Envy, and Depression on Facebook: A Study Looking at the Effects of High Comparison Standards on Depressed Individuals (2015, background): “This refers to their increased comparison frequency (Butzer & Kuiper, 2006; Gibbons & Buunk, 1999; Heidrich & Ryff, 1993), their worse evaluation of themselves compared to comparison targets (Albright, Alloy, Barch, & Dykman, 1993; Buunk & Brenninkmeyer, 2000), and the stronger negative impact of…”