In search of the big fish: investigating the coexistence of the big-fish-little-pond effect with the positive effects of upward comparisons.
Blanton, Buunk, Gibbons, and Kuyper (1999) and Huguet, Dumas, Monteil, and Genestoux (2001) found that children nominated a social comparison target who slightly outperformed them in class with a beneficial effect on course grades - an assimilation effect, but with no effects on self-evaluation. How...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2008
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