Social Comparison : Contemporary Theory and Research (Hardcover)

Contributors.? Introduction.??Part I: General Models of Social Comparison? 1. A Brief History of Social Comparison Theory Ladd Wheeler? 2. Serving Self-Relevant Goals Through Social Comparison Joanne V. Wood and Kathryn L. Taylor? 3. Similarity and Self-Esteem in Downward Comparison Thomas Ashby Wills??4. Changing Patterns of Comparative Behavior as Skills Are Acquired: A Functional Model of Self-Evaluation Diane N. Ruble and Karin S. Frey? 5. Emotion in Social Comparison and Reflection Processes Abraham Tesser??Part II: Social Cognition and Social Comparison? 6. The Uniqueness Bias: Studies of Constructive Social Comparison George R. Goethals, David M. Messick and Scott T. Allison? 7. Social Projection and Attitudinal Certainty Norman Miller, Sharon Gross and Rolf Holtz??8. Self-Esteem and Intergroup Comparisons: Toward a Theory of Collective Self-Esteem Riia Luhtanen and Jennifer Crocker??Part III: Specific Models of Comparison? 9. Responses to Upward and Downward Social Comparisons: The Impact of Esteem-Relevance and Perceived Control Brenda Major, Maria Testa and Wayne H. Bylsma? 10. Social Comparison Processes in Envy and Jealousy Peter Salovey? 11. When Social Comparison Goes Awry: The Case of Pluralistic Ignorance Dale T. Miller and Cathy McFarland??Part IV: Applied Models of Social Comparison? 12. Downward Comparison and Coping with Threat Frederick X. Gibbons and Meg Gerrard? 13. Comparisons, Justice, and the Internment of Japanese-Americans Donna Nagata and Faye Crosby? 14. Social Comparison and Coping with Major Medical Problems Glenn Affleck and Howard Tennen??Part V? 15. Commentary: Neo-Social Comparison Theory and Beyond Thomas Ashby Wills and Jerry Suls.? Author Index.? Subject Index.