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Social comparison and satisfaction with one's social life

Published:2007-04 Issue:2 Volume:24 Page:197-205
ISSN:0265-4075
Container-title:Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
language:en
Short-container-title:Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Author:

Buunk Abraham P.¹,Groothof Hinke A. K.²,Siero Frans W.³

Affiliation:

1. Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences and University of Groningen,

2. Open University of the Netherlands

3. University of Groningen

Abstract

In this study (N = 96), the role of social comparison in evaluating the quality of one's friendships and social relationships was examined. Participants who were exposed to a comparison target with a very dissatisfying social life evaluated their own social life as better than participants who were exposed to a comparison target with a very satisfying social life. However, this effect was only found among individuals high in the individual characteristic social comparison orientation. It is concluded that only individuals with a dispositional tendency to compare themselves with others will base the evaluation of their social life to an important extent on what they see in others.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Sociology and Political Science,Developmental and Educational Psychology,Communication,Social Psychology

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0265407507075410

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