Individual differences in social comparison: Development of a scale of social comparison orientation.
Abstract
Development and validation of a measure of individual differences in social comparison orientation (the Iowa-Netherlands Comparison Orientation Measure [INCOM]) are described. Assuming that the tendency toward social comparison is universal, the scale was constructed so as to be appropriate to and comparable in 2 cultures: American and Dutch. It was then administered to several thousand people in each country. Analyses of these data are...
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Individual differences in social comparison: Development of a scale of social comparison orientation.
Published Date
Jan 1, 1999
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