Communal Functions of Social Comparison

Herausgeber: Krizan, Zlatan; Gibbons, Frederick X

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume identifies research relevant to the communal functions of social comparisons. Previous work in the area has concerned ways that people differ from one another, focusing on competition, independence and self-esteem. This book, in contrast, presents an eclectic cross-section of research that illuminates the connective, cooperative and participatory functions of social comparisons.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 265
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. März 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 494g
• ISBN-13: 9780521119498
• ISBN-10: 0521119499
• Artikelnr.: 39634148

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. Communion in social comparison - back to the roots Zlatan
Krian and Frederick X. Gibbons; Part I. Core Considerations: 1. Agency and
communion in social comparisons Kenneth D. Locke; 2. Social comparison in
identity theory Jan E. Stets and Peter J. Burke; 3. When comparisons
divide: invidious emotions and their social control Zlatan Krian and
Richard H. Smith; Part II. Individual Level: 4. Sparing others through
social comparison Anne L. Zell and Julie Juola Exline; 5. Social
comparisons within romantic relationships Penelope Lockwood and Rebecca T.
Pinkus; Part III. Group Level: 6. Prototype-based social comparison within
groups: constructing social identity to reduce self-uncertainty Michael A.
Hogg and Amber M. Gaffney; 7. Bonding, hiding and promoting: three
reactions to shared threat Hart Blanton, Melissa Burkley and Edward
Burkley; Part IV. Sociocultural Level: 8. Basic principles of social
comparison: does gender matter? Serge Guimond and Armand Chatard; 9.
Culture and self-worth: implications for social comparison processes and
coping with threats to self-worth Joni Y. Sasaki, Deborah M. Ko and Heejung
S. Kim.