When better-than-others compare upward: Choice of comparison and comparative evaluation as independent predictors of academic performance
When better-than-others compare upward: Choice of comparison and comparative evaluation as independent predictors of academic performance
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DOI：
10.1037/0022-3514.76.3.420
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发表时间：
1999-03-01
影响因子：
7.6
通讯作者：
Kuyper, H
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作者：
Blanton, H;Buunk, BP;Kuyper, H
社会比较理论将提高的表现与与表现良好的其他人进行比较的倾向以及认为自己比其他人更好的倾向联系起来。然而，很少有研究在受控的实验室环境之外调查这两个变量的影响。此外，有理由相信这两种倾向是相互对立的，因为向上比较的人可能会随后认为自己相对较不称职。876名学生在他们的第一年的中学教育的纵向研究的结果表明，这两个变量独立预测提高学习成绩，这两个趋势并不冲突。
Social comparison theory has linked improved performance to both the tendency to compare with others who are performing well and the tendency to view the self as better than others. However, little research has investigated the effects of either variable outside of a controlled laboratory environment, Moreover, there is reason to believe that the 2 tendencies would be in opposition to one another, because people who compare upward might subsequently view themselves as relatively less competent. The results of a longitudinal study of 876 students in their Ist year of secondary education indicated that both variables independently predicted improved academic performance and that these 2 tendencies did not conflict.