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Jansen, Malte; Boda, Zsófia; Lorenz, Georg – Developmental Psychology, 2022
Social comparisons with peers are important sources of self-development during adolescence. Many previous studies showed that students' academic self-concepts (ASC) form by contrasting one's own achievement with the average of one's class or school (the Big-Fish-Little-Pond Effect [BFLPE]). Based on social comparison theory, however, we would…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Peer Relationship, Academic Achievement, Social Networks