January 1, 1996

For better or worse: The impact of upward social comparison on self-evaluations.

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Upward social comparison is generally regarded as ego deflating, yet people often compare themselves with those whose abilities and attributes are better than their own. Upward comparison provides useful information, which may partially account for this behavior. Furthermore, it is proposed that upw

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Rebecca L. Collins (Mon,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a0a2ae416dfdfe7ed34a34a https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-2909.119.1.51

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