When better-than-others compare upward: Choice of comparison and comparative evaluation as independent predictors of academic performance.

Blanton, Hart; P. Buunk, Bram; X. Gibbons, Frederick; Kuyper, Hans

doi:10.1037/0022-3514.76.3.420

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When better-than-others compare upward: Choice of comparison and comparative evaluation as independent predictors of academic performance.

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Authors:

Hart Blanton

Bram P. Buunk

Frederick X. Gibbons

Abstract

Social comparison theory has linked improved performance to both the tendency to compare with others who are performing well and the tendency to view the self as better than others. However, little research has investigated the effects of either variable outside of a controlled laboratory environmen...

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Psychology

Social psychology

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