People's responses to upward and downward social comparisons: The role of the individual's effort-performance expectancy

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 519-533

  Van Yperen, Nico W ^a   Brenninkmeijer, Veerle ^a   Buunk, Abraham P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 33750550613     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466605X53479     Document Type: Article

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