I, we, and the effects of others on me: How self-construal level moderates social comparison effects

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 766-781

  Stapel, Diederik A ^a,b   Koomen, Willem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONTROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 85047683334     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.80.5.766     Document Type: Article

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