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Handbook of Social Comparison

Theory and Research

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  • © 2000

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Editors:
  1. Jerry Suls

    1. University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA

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  2. Ladd Wheeler

    1. University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

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Part of the book series: The Springer Series in Social Clinical Psychology (SSSC)

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Table of contents (22 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. A Selective History of Classic and Neo-Social Comparison Theory

      • Jerry Suls, Ladd Wheeler
      Pages 3-19

  3. Foundations of Social Comparison

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-21
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    2. Interpreting and Inventing Social Reality

      • George R. Goethals, William M. P. Klein
      Pages 23-44

    3. Stability of Related Attributes and the Inference of Ability through Social Comparison

      • William P. Smith, Gudmundur B. Arnkelsson
      Pages 45-66

    4. “Can I Do X?”

      • René Martin
      Pages 67-80

    5. Social Comparison and Influence in Groups

      • Donelson R. Forsyth
      Pages 81-103

    6. Opinion Comparison

      • Jerry Suls
      Pages 105-122

    7. Self-Evaluation Maintenance and Evolution

      • Steven R. H. Beach, Abraham Tesser
      Pages 123-140

    8. Individual Differences in Social Comparison

      • Ladd Wheeler
      Pages 141-158

    9. Among the Better Ones

      • Rebecca L. Collins
      Pages 159-171

    10. Assimilative and Contrastive Emotional Reactions to Upward and Downward Social Comparisons

      • Richard H. Smith
      Pages 173-200

    11. Examining Social Comparisons with the Test Selection Measure

      • Joanne V. Wood
      Pages 201-222

    12. Social Comparison

      • Douglas H. Wedell, Allen Parducci
      Pages 223-252

    13. Consequences of Social Comparison

      • Thomas Mussweiler, Fritz Strack
      Pages 253-270

    14. Evaluating Social Comparison Targets

      • Mark D. Alicke
      Pages 271-293

    15. Social Comparison, Affiliation, and Emotional Contagion under Threat

      • James A. Kulik, Heike I. M. Mahler
      Pages 295-320

  4. Related Social Phenomena

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 321-321
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    2. The Projective Perception of the Social World

      • Joachim Krueger
      Pages 323-351
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Comparison of objects, events, and situations is integral to judgment; comparisons of the self with other people comprise one of the building blocks of human conduct and experience. After four decades of research, the topic of social comparison is more popular than ever. In this timely handbook a distinguished roster of researchers and theoreticians describe where the field has been since its development in the early 1950s and where it is likely to go next.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA

    Jerry Suls

  • University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

    Ladd Wheeler

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