THE AFFECTIVE CONSEQUENCES OF SOCIAL-COMPARISON - EITHER DIRECTION HAS ITS UPS AND DOWNS
THE AFFECTIVE CONSEQUENCES OF SOCIAL-COMPARISON - EITHER DIRECTION HAS ITS UPS AND DOWNS
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DOI：
10.1037/0022-3514.59.6.1238
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发表时间：
1990-12-01
影响因子：
7.6
通讯作者：
VANYPEREN, NW
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文献类型：
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作者：
BUUNK, BP;TAYLOR, SE;VANYPEREN, NW
社会比较过程的研究假设，一个特定方向的比较（向上或向下）会导致特定的情感反应。相比之下，目前的两项研究提出并发现，比较可以产生对自己的积极或消极的感觉，而与比较的方向无关。有几个因素缓和了从向上和向下的比较中获得积极或消极影响的倾向。在研究1中，癌症患者自尊心低，对自己的症状和疾病控制能力低，他们更有可能认为向下比较对自己有负面影响。那些自尊心低的人也更有可能将向上的比较视为消极的。在研究2中，对婚姻关系高度不满的个体和对婚姻关系感到不确定的个体更容易受到向上和向下比较的负面影响。本文还讨论了这些发现对社会比较理论和应对与适应文献的启示。（PsycINFO数据库记录(c) 2016 APA，版权所有）
Research on social comparison processes has assumed that a comparison in a given direction (upward or downward) will lead to a particular affective reaction. In contrast, the present 2 studies proposed and found that a comparison can produce either positive or negative feelings about oneself, independent of its direction. Several factors moderated the tendency to derive positive or negative affect from upward and downward comparisons. In Study 1, cancer patients low in self-esteem and with low perceived control over their symptoms and illness were more likely to see downward comparisons as having negative implications for themselves. Those low in self-esteem were also more likely to perceive upward comparisons as negative. In Study 2, individuals with high marital dissatisfaction and those who felt uncertain about their marital relationship were more likely to experience negative affect from upward and downward comparisons. The implications of these findings for social comparison theory and for the coping and adaptation literature are discussed.(PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)