This volume identifies research relevant to communal functions of social comparisons and organizes this research within a coherent conceptual framework.

The extent to which we see ourselves as similar or different from others in our lives plays a key role in getting along and participating in social life. This v

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Comparison with other people, a core element of social life, influences self-concept, attitudes, conformity, psychological and physical well-being, achievement,

Comparison of objects, events, and situations is integral to judgment; comparisons of the self with other people comprise one of the building blocks of human co