Zusammenfassung. Der big-fish-little-pond-effect (BFLPE) beschreibt das Phänomen, dass sich das mittlere Leistungsniveau einer Schulklasse bei Konstanthaltung der individuellen Leistung infolge ungünstiger sozialer Vergleiche negativ auf das ...
Zusammenfassung. Die Erweiterung des internal/external frame of reference-Modells wird überprüft, indem Leistungen in den Fächern Mathematik, Deutsch sowie Englisch (als Fremdsprache) zu den Fähigkeitsselbstkonzepten in diesen Fächern in Beziehung gesetzt ...
On the development of academic self-concepts: The impact of social and dimensional comparisonsAbstract. Academic self-concepts are important determinants of achievement-related behavior. In the domain of Educational Psychology, self-concept development ...
Abstract. The current study investigated the associations of psychological resources, social comparisons, and temporal comparisons with general wellbeing. The sample included 142 community participants (47.9% men; age range 23–83 years), ...
Abstract. Previous research indicates that exposure to the idealized thin media standard of female beauty can contribute to body dissatisfaction, negative self-perception, depressed mood, and disordered eating. Importantly, studies have ...
Abstract. The better-than-average effect (BTAE) is a mechanism where people perceive oneself as better than others. The BTAE could be one of the phenomena explaining why people follow – in the moment of a global ...
Abstract. Perceptions of economic inequality (PEI) play a central role in people’s responses to inequality. We aim to examine the consistency between different PEI measures (income gaps, diagrammatic figures, ...
Abstract. The current study tested relative strengths of different comparison beliefs for predicting people’s self-assessments of whether they should increase their health-relevant behaviors (exercise, sleep, and fruit and vegetable ...