Effects of context and performance feedback on social comparison strategies among low-achievement students: Experimental studies

Cahiers de Psychologie Cognitive

Volumn 19, Issue 5-6, 2000, Pages 513-531

  Monteil, Jean Marc ^a,b   Michinov, Nicolas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Performance feedback; Social comparison strategies; Social context

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040190320     PISSN: 02499185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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