Motives for Social Comparison: The Construction-Validation Distinction.

Fazio, Russell H.

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Publication Date: 1979-Oct

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Motives for Social Comparison: The Construction-Validation Distinction.

Fazio, Russell H.

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, v37 n10 p1683-98 Oct 1979

Focuses upon informational social comparison and examines the proposal that such comparison can be motivated by two quite different concerns: constructive process and validation process. Subjects were 77 freshmen. (MP)

Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Cognitive Processes, College Students, Decision Making, Information Seeking, Motivation

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Language: English

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