Individual differences on social comparison: Properties of the orientation spanish scale towards social comparison;Diferencias individuales en la comparación social: Propiedades de la escala española de orientación hacia la comparación social

Revista Latinoamericana de Psicologia

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 561-579

  Buunk, Abraham P ^a   Belmonte, Jorge ^b   Peiró, José M ^b   Zurriaga, Rosario ^b   Gibbons, Frederick X ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Individual differences; Social comparison orientation; Social comparison scale

Indexed keywords

EID: 32344444835     PISSN: 01200534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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