In a league of their own: Mental leveling and the creation of social comparability in sport

Sociological Forum

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 435-456

  Purcell, Kristen ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Social comparison; Social measurement; Sport; Stratification

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039270520     PISSN: 08848971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02408387     Document Type: Article

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