Age differences in social comparison tendency and personal relative deprivation

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 87, Issue , 2015, Pages 196-199

  Callan, Mitchell J ^a   Kim, Hyunji ^a   Matthews, William J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Personal relative deprivation; Social comparison; Social comparison orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939801707     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2015.08.003     Document Type: Article

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