Handbook of social comparison: Theory and research

By B. Buunk, F. Gibbons. 2000

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Effects of Exposure to Thin Media Images: Evidence of Self-Enhancement among Restrained Eaters (2002, result): “By contrast, some contemporary social comparison literature predicts assimilation effects in response to others perceived as better off than oneself (Collins, 1996; Mussweiler & Strack, 2000).”
Can the Media Affect Us? Social Comparison, Self-Discrepancy, and the Thin Ideal (2006, background): “…self-enhancement effects have been demonstrated in other studies (e.g., Henderson-King & Henderson-King, 1997; Myers & Biocca, 1992; Wilcox & Laird, 2000) and may be due to assimilation processes (Mussweiler & Strack, 2000), perhaps caused by identification with the model (Wilcox & Laird, 2000).”
The impact of information from similar or different advisors on judgment (2009, result): “…verifiable facts (i.e., our " beliefs " as suggested by Suls, Martin & Wheeler, 2002), we compare our beliefs with those of others who Similar or Different Advisors 6 share similar attributes to ourselves, such as background, gender, religion, politics or general world views (Suls & Wheeler, 2000).”
Social Comparison, Perceived Control, and Occupational Burnout (2005, background): “…i.e. whether the comparison concerns someone who is better off or worse off than oneself (termed upward and downward comparison, respectively), has been a central concept in social comparison research (Latané, 1966; Hakmiller, 1966; Suls & Miller, 1977; Suls & Wills, 1991; Suls & Wheeler, 2000).”
The N-Effect (2010, unknown): “Notably, however, mere information is known to suffice for social comparison processes (Suls & Wheeler, 2000).”
Heavy social networking and online compulsive buying: the mediating role of financial social comparison and materialism (2021, background): “Indeed, according to the social comparison theory, youth evaluate key aspects of their lives through comparison with others, mainly for self-evaluation and self-improvement, presumably in developing a desired identity (Suls & Wheeler, 2013; Weinstein, 2017).”
Overpaid CEOs and Underpaid Managers: Fairness and Executive Compensation (2006, unknown): “…five decades of research has documented the ubiquitous tendency that individuals have to make social comparisons with others and the consequences these social comparisons can have on individual perceptions and behavior (Adams 1965, Kruglanski and Mayseless 1990, Suls and Wheeler 2000, Wood 1989).”
Becoming a Hurdler: How Learning Settings Afford Identities (2009, background): “…and Smith 2006; Merton with Rossi 1957; Turner 1956) argues that one of the most powerful influences on individuals’ sense of self and behavior is the reference group that they belong to (Suls and Wheeler 2000), which serves as a context for individuals to analyze information and make decisions.”
Uncertainty and the Roots of Extremism (2013, background): “However, probably the best known social psychological treatment of uncertainty is provided by social comparison theory (Festinger, 1954; see also Suls & Wheeler, 2000).”
Self- and Other-Referent Criteria of Career Success (2003, background): “Several hundred studies in social psychology have validated and extended these basic premises of the theory (Suls & Wheeler, 2000).”
A Social Comparison Account of Gossip (2004, background): “Many investigators since Festinger have provided evidence to support this claim and have identified a number of more specialized types of social comparison in which people commonly engage (Suls & Wheeler, 2000).”
Conceptualizing and Evaluating Career Success (2005, background): “Several hundred studies have validated and extended these basic premises of social comparison theory (Suls & Wheeler, 2000).”
The Big-Fish-Little-Pond Effect in Mathematics (2014, unknown): “…BFLPE (see overview by Marsh et al., 2008) lie in theory and research on psychophysical judgment (e.g., Helson, 1964; Marsh, 1974; Parducci, 1995; Wedell & Parducci, 2000), social judgment (e.g., Morse & Gergen, 1970; Upshaw, 1969), sociology (Alwin & Otto, 1977; Hyman, 1942), relative…”
Appreciation: individual differences in finding value and meaning as a unique predictor of subjective well-being. (2005, background): “A large body of theory and research has been developed to address when and to whom one compares oneself and the effect of such comparisons (see e.g., Suls & Wheeler, 2000; Suls & Wills, 1991).”