Clarifying the Role of Social Comparison in the Big-Fish-Little-Pond Effect (BFLPE): An Integrative Study

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 156-170

  Huguet, Pascal ^a,b   Dumas, Florence ^a,b,c   Marsh, Herbert ^d   Régner, Isabelle ^a,b,e   Wheeler, Ladd ^f   Suls, Jerry ^g   Seaton, Marjorie ^h   Nezlek, John ⁱ  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MOULIN LYON 3   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^f MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

ⁱ The College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

academic self concept; big fish little pond effect; social comparison

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROL; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENT;

ACCULTURATION; ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; APTITUDE; CHILD; FEMALE; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STUDENTS;

EID: 67650377026     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015558     Document Type: Article

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