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主办:中国科学院心理研究所
出版:科学出版社

›› 2005, Vol. 13 ›› Issue (1): 78-84.

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A Review on Research of Social Comparison

Xing Shufen Yu Guoliang   

  1. Institute of Developmental Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875 Institute of Sociology, Social Psychology, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872
  • Received:2004-04-29 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:2005-01-15 Published:2005-01-15
  • Contact: Yu Guoliang

Abstract: Social comparison is a common social psychological phenomenon for human being. In western, the studies on social comparison are becoming an important domain for psychologists especially for social psychologists. The article mainly reviewed the studies of social comparison from Festinger in 1954, including the concept、types、motivations and strategies of social comparison. In the end, the author puts forward some perspectives for further studies on social comparison in the future.

Key words: social comparison, upward comparison, downward comparison.

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