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Dijkstra, Pieternel; Kuyper, Hans; van der Werf, Greetje; Buunk, Abraham P.; van der Zee, Yvonne G. – Review of Educational Research, 2008
This article reviews research conducted on social comparison processes in the classroom since Festinger proposed his theory of social comparison. It covers the theoretical framework of social comparison theory, and it is organized around the following themes: motives for social comparison, dimensions of social comparison, direction of social…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Social Influences, Comparative Analysis, Social Theories
Greenberger, Ellen; McLaughlin, Caitlin – 1993
This study examined the relationships of early and current attachment styles to the coping strategies late adolescents employ when faced with problems and to the attributions they make concerning their successes and failures. Subjects were 157 late adolescents, ages 18 to 22, taken from an ethnically diverse sample of university students. Subjects…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Attachment Behavior, Child Behavior, Coping