Social comparison theory

Handbook of Theories of Social Psychology: Volume 1

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 460-482

  Suis, Jerry ^a   Wheeler, Ladd ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781446249215.n23     Document Type: Chapter

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