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Direct linkWouters, Sofie; Colpin, Hilde; Van Damme, Jan; Verschueren, Karine – Educational Psychology, 2015
The big-fish-little-pond effect (BFLPE) model predicts students' academic self-concept to be negatively predicted by the achievement level of their reference group, controlling for individual achievement. Despite an abundance of empirical evidence supporting the BFLPE, there have been relatively few studies searching for possible moderators.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Males, Grade 6
Plieninger, Hansjörg; Dickhäuser, Oliver – Educational Psychology, 2015
Academic self-concept is positively related to individual achievement but negatively related to class- or school-average achievement: the big-fish--little-pond effect (BFLPE). This contrast effect results from social comparison processes. The BFLPE is known to be long-lasting, universal and robust. However, there is little evidence regarding its…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Achievement, Self Concept, Class Rank
