Upward social comparison and self-concept: Inspiration and inferiority among art students in an advanced programme
Upward social comparison and self-concept: Inspiration and inferiority among art students in an advanced programme
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DOI：
10.1348/014466604x23509
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发表时间：
2005-03-01
影响因子：
5.4
通讯作者：
Harrington, DM
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作者：
Burleson, K;Leach, CW;Harrington, DM
我们研究了社会比较在参加高级艺术课程的青少年艺术自我概念变化中的作用。在为期 6 周的计划之前、第一周和结束时测量了促进自卑感的不利比较和促进灵感的有利比较。与“大鱼小池塘效应”一致，项目期间进行的自卑比较与自我概念的负面变化有关。然而，与社会比较文献一致，项目期间进行的灵感比较与自我概念的积极变化相关。结果表明，对现场比较的解释决定了这种接触的有利程度，而不是表明接触高素质同行必然是不利的。
We examined the role of social comparison in changes in the artistic self-concept of adolescents attending an advanced arts programme. Unfavourable comparisons that promoted a sense of inferiority and favourable comparisons that promoted inspiration were measured just prior to, in the first week of, and at the end of the 6 week programme. Consistent with the 'big fish little pond effect', inferiority comparisons made during the programme were associated with negative changes in self-concept. Consistent with the social comparison literature, however, inspiration comparisons made during the programme were associated with positive changes in self-concept. Rather than suggesting that exposure to highly talented peers is necessarily unfavourable, results suggest that the interpretation of the comparisons made in situ determines the favourability of such exposure.