Handbook of Social Comparison Theory and Research
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 po
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THE PLENUM SERIES IN SOCIAL/CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
Series Editor: C. R. Snyder University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas
Current Volumes in the Series:
ADVANCED PERSONALITY Edited by David F. Barone, Michel Hersen, and Vmcent B. Van Hasselt AGGRESSION Biological, Developmental, and Social Perspectives Edited by Seymour Feshbach and Jolanta Zagrodzka AVERSIVE INTERPERSONAL BEHAVIORS Edited by Robin M. Kowalski COERCION AND AGGRESSIVE COMMUNITY TREATMENT A New Frontier in Mental Health Law Edited by Deborah L. Dennis and John Monahan HANDBOOK OF SOCIAL COMPARISON Theory and Research Edited by Jerry Suls and Ladd Wheeler HUMOR The Psychology of Living Buoyantly Herbert M. Lefcourt THE IMPORTANCE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAITS A Cross-Cultural Study John E. Williams, Robert C. Satterwhite, and Jose L. Saiz PERSONAL CONTROL IN ACTION Cognitive and Motivational Mechanisms Edited by Miroslaw Kofta, Gifford Weary, and Grzegorz Sedek PHYSICAL ILLNESS AND DEPRESSION IN OLDER ADULTS A Handbook of Theory, Research, and Practice Edited by Gail M. Wllliamson, David R. Shaffer, and Patricia A. Parmelee THE REVISED NEO PERSONALITY INVENTORY Clinical and Research Applications Ralph L. Piedmont SOCIAL COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY History and Current Domains David F. Barone, James E. Maddux, and C. R. Snyder SOURCEBOOK OF SOCIAL SUPPORT AND PERSONALITY Edited by Gregory R. Pierce, Brian Lakey, Irwin G. Sarason, and Barbara R. Sarason A Continuation Order Plan is available for this series. A continuation order will bring delivery of each new volume immediately upon publication. Volumes are billed only upon actual shipment. For further information please contact the publisher.
Handbook of Social Comparison Theory and Research Edited by
Jerry Suls University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa
and
Ladd Wheeler University of New South Wales Sydney, Australia
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ISBN 978-1-4613-6903-5 ISBN 978-1-4615-4237-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4615-4237-7 ©20oo Springer Science+Business Media New York Origina11y published by Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers, New York in 2000 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2000
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Contributors
Glenn Atlleck, Department of Community Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut 06030 Mark D. Alicke, Department of Psychology, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701-2979 Gudmundur B. Arnkelsson, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Iceland, IS-101 Reykjavik, Iceland Steven R. H. Beach, Department of Psychology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602-3013 Oswald Bohrmann, Department of Psychology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5C2 Bram P. Buunk, Department of Psychology, University of Groningen, NL-9712 TS, Groningen, The Netherlands Rebecca L. Collins, RAND Corporation, S
