European University Institute Library

Communal functions of social comparison, [edited by] Zlatan Krizan, Iowa State University, Frederick X. Gibbons, Iowa State University

eng

Inclludes bibliographical references and index

illustrations

index present

non fiction

Communal functions of social comparison

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[edited by] Zlatan Krizan, Iowa State University, Frederick X. Gibbons, Iowa State University

The extent to which we see ourselves as similar or different from others in our lives plays a key role in getting along and participating in social life. This volume identifies research relevant to such communal functions of social comparisons and summarizes and organizes this research within a single, coherent conceptual framework. The volume provides an important addition to current thinking about social comparison, which has often neglected communal and affiliative functions. Whereas human desire to compare with others has traditionally been viewed as motivated by self-centered needs such as self-evaluation, self-enhancement, and self-improvement, this book presents an eclectic cross-section of research that illuminates connective, cooperative, and participatory functions of social comparisons. In this vein, the book aims both to expose research on currently neglected functions of social comparisons and to motivate a broader theoretical integration of social comparison processes.--, Provided by Publisher

Introduction : Communion in social comparison : back to the roots / Zlatan Križan & Frederick X. Gibbons -- Agency and communion in social comparisons / Kenneth D. Locke -- Social comparison in identity theory / Jan E. Stets & Peter J. Burke -- When comparisons divide : invidious emotions and their social control / Zlatan Križan & Richard H. Smith -- Sparing others through social comparison / Anne L. Zell & Julie Juola Exline -- Social comparisons within romantic relationships / Penelope Lockwood & Rebecca T. Pinkus -- Prototype-based social comparisons within groups : constructing social identity to reduce self-uncertainty / Michael A. Hogg & Amber M. Gaffney -- Bonding, hiding, and promoting : three reactions to shared threat / Hart Blanton, Melissa Burkley, & Edward Burkley -- Basic principles of social comparison : does gender matter? / Serge Guimond & Armand Chatard -- Culture and self-worth : implications for social comparison processes and coping with threats to self-worth / Joni Y. Sasaki, Deborah M. Ko, & Heejung S. Kim