{"title":"Agency and Communion in Social Comparison","authors":"K. Locke, Z. Krizan, F. Gibbons","doi":"10.1093/OSO/9780190629113.003.0007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/OSO/9780190629113.003.0007","url":null,"abstract":"Social comparisons help people to assess whether specific communal goals (to fit in and get along) or agentic goals (to stand out and get ahead) are likely to be fulfilling versus frustrating. For example, connective comparisons (e.g., perceiving shared attitudes) strengthen communal motives, whereas contrastive comparisons (e.g., perceiving incompatible attitudes) dampen them. Likewise, upward assimilation and downward contrast comparisons strengthen agentic motives, whereas upward contrast and downward assimilation dampen them. People also advance their agentic and communal goals by making comparisons selectively (e.g., noticing similarities with people they want to connect with) or selectively making themselves the targets of others’ downward, upward, or connective comparisons by advertising their weaknesses, strengths, or similarities. Finally, while some situations (e.g., competition) stimulate agentic motives and vertical comparisons and others (e.g., cooperation) stimulate communal motives and horizontal comparisons, many situations (e.g., ongoing partnerships) stimulate complex combinations of agentic and communal motives and comparisons.","PeriodicalId":186027,"journal":{"name":"Social Comparison, Judgment, and Behavior","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130071548","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
B. Buunk, J. Belmonte, J. M. Peiró, R. Zurriaga, F. Gibbons
{"title":"Individual Differences in Social Comparison","authors":"B. Buunk, J. Belmonte, J. M. Peiró, R. Zurriaga, F. Gibbons","doi":"10.1093/oso/9780190629113.003.0004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190629113.003.0004","url":null,"abstract":"Individuals differ considerably in their social comparison orientation (SCO), that is, the extent to which and the frequency with which they compare themselves with others. In this chapter, the major findings with the scale assessing SCO are discussed. After presenting the basic psychometric properties of the scale and the relationships with various personality variables, the authors discuss how SCO is related to, among others, seeking upward and downward social comparison information, to establishing one’s risk, and to assessing one’s future prospects. Next, we present particularly the role of SCO in moderating the effects of upward and downward social comparison information with respect to a variety of contexts and dimensions, including close relationships, ageing, work and organizations, depression, health, and physical attractiveness. Special attention is paid to the question if SCO fosters identification and assimilation rather than contrast.","PeriodicalId":186027,"journal":{"name":"Social Comparison, Judgment, and Behavior","volume":"145 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127508016","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Income Inequality and Well-Being","authors":"F. Cheung, Richard E. Lucas","doi":"10.1093/oso/9780190629113.003.0022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190629113.003.0022","url":null,"abstract":"Income inequality has risen drastically in recent decades. The question of whether income inequality is linked to subjective and physical well-being has gained increasing interest from various fields. This chapter reviews existing evidence and finds that income inequality is not consistently associated with greater or poorer well-being. The authors discuss how theoretical and methodological factors may have contributed to the heterogeneity in extant research. From a social comparison perspective, income inequality may not always lead to feelings of relative deprivation, and income differences may, in certain contexts, have positive associations with well-being. From a methodological standpoint, past research has used various operationalizations of income inequality, making comparisons across studies difficult. The authors point to new theoretical accounts and methodological improvements that may help future research to develop a deeper understanding of the associations between income inequality and well-being.","PeriodicalId":186027,"journal":{"name":"Social Comparison, Judgment, and Behavior","volume":"77 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127185343","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Envy and Social Comparison","authors":"Niels van de Ven, M. Zeelenberg","doi":"10.31234/osf.io/d2cq9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/d2cq9","url":null,"abstract":"Upward social comparison can give rise to the emotion of envy: the pain caused by the good fortune of others. This chapter explains what envy is and what the possible function of envy is to an organism experiencing it. The authors provide an overview of past work on envy, the distinction between two subtypes (benign and malicious envy), possible antecedents of envy, possible consequences of envy, and the responses to being envied by others. In each of these areas, there are clear links to research on social comparison and research on envy has greatly benefited from insights from the social comparison literature. Given the surge in research on envy in the last decade, the authors hope that the findings on envy inspires those investigating social comparisons.","PeriodicalId":186027,"journal":{"name":"Social Comparison, Judgment, and Behavior","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116282676","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Relative Deprivation Theory","authors":"Heather J. Smith, T. Pettigrew","doi":"10.1002/9780470672532.WBEPP238","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470672532.WBEPP238","url":null,"abstract":"Relative deprivation (RD) is the product of an upward comparison that indicates that one’s disadvantaged situation is undeserved coupled with anger and resentment. RD is associated with reduced psychological health and increased individual deviance and collective action. This chapter (a) reviews the history of RD to illustrate its value as a conceptual tool, (b) discusses what is known about the different ways in which people respond to RD, and (c) explores how different comparison types inform the RD experience and its outcomes. If correctly measured, RD illuminates how people’s subjective interpretations of their economic circumstances impacts their health, attitudes and behavior.","PeriodicalId":186027,"journal":{"name":"Social Comparison, Judgment, and Behavior","volume":"353 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123400600","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}