MOTIVES FOR SOCIAL-COMPARISON
MOTIVES FOR SOCIAL-COMPARISON
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DOI：
10.1177/01461672952111008
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发表时间：
1995-11-01
影响因子：
4
通讯作者：
MICKELSON, KD
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作者：
HELGESON, VS;MICKELSON, KD
本研究的目的是探讨社会比较的动机。从一组受试者中引出一组动机陈述，然后由第二组受试者根据有用性进行评估。第二组受试者被要求想象两种假设的威胁：被诊断出患有癌症和考试不及格。对这些陈述的因素分析揭示了社会比较的六种动机：自我评价、共同纽带、自我完善、自我提升、利他主义和自我毁灭。在第二项研究中，研究对象实际受到了威胁（即在关系能力方面得分低于平均水平），证实了这些社会比较动机的存在。研究还考察了自尊、比较目标和比较操作化等影响比较过程的变量对比较动机的影响。
The purpose of this research was to investigate the motives for social comparison. A set of motive statements was elicited from one group of subjects and then rated in terms of usefulness by a second group of subjects who were asked to imagine two hypothetical threats: being diagnosed with cancer and failing an exam. A factor analysis of these statements revealed six motives for social comparison: self-evaluation, common bond, self-improvement, self-enhancement, altruism, and self-destruction. A second study, conducted with subjects actually exposed to threat (i.e., receiving a below average score on relationship aptitude), confirmed the existence of these motives for social comparison. The effects of variables thought to influence the comparison process, such as self-esteem, comparison target, and comparison operationalization, were also examined in relation to comparison motives.