Motivation as a determinant of upward comparison

1966/09/01 by Ladd Wheeler · 284 citations
Mathematics · Psychology · Social Sciences · #Artificial intelligence #Chose #Cognitive Abilities and Testing #Combinatorics #Computer science #Mathematics #Personality #Personality Traits and Psychology #Psychology #Rank (graph theory) #Similarity (geometry) #Social and Intergroup Psychology #Social psychology #Subject (documents)

paper · doi:10.1016/0022-1031(66)90062-x

published in Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 1, 27-31 (Elsevier BV)

crossref issued 1966/09/01 · crossref published 1966/09/01 · crossref published-print 1966/09/01 · openalex publication_date 1966/09/01 · crossref created 2004/08/31 · crossref deposited 2019/02/04 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · crossref indexed 2026/06/26 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/23

Citations

• A Theory of Social Comparison Processes

Cited by

• Self-Evaluation: To Thine Own Self Be Good, To Thine Own Self Be Sure, To Thine Own Self Be True, and To Thine Own Self be Better
• For better or worse: The impact of upward social comparison on self-evaluations.
• The affective consequences of social comparison: Either direction has its ups and downs.
• Self-enhancement [wikipedia]