Journal
SELF AND IDENTITY
Volume 19, Issue 6, Pages 629-649Publisher
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/15298868.2019.1647278
Keywords
Social comparison; temporal comparison; selective accessibility model; fitness; self-evaluation
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- Tobacco Related Disease Research Program [28FT-0015]
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The present research examines similarities and differences between social and temporal comparison processes in a health-related context. In two studies, participants were randomly assigned to write about an upward or downward, social or temporal comparison target. Participants then reported their perceived similarity to the target and evaluated their own fitness. Consistent with hypotheses, participants who perceived themselves as similar (dissimilar) to an upward comparison target had more positive (negative) self-evaluations. These outcomes reflect assimilation and contrast processes, respectively, though effects were attenuated among those who made downward temporal comparisons in Study 1 and upward comparisons in Study 2. Results suggest that upward social and temporal comparison processes, once engaged, produce similar assimilative and contrastive outcomes.
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