Communal Functions of Social Comparison

ISBN-13: 9781108701358 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 268 str.

Zlatan Krizan; Frederick X. Gibbons

Opis

This volume identifies research relevant to communal functions of social comparisons and organizes this research within a coherent conceptual framework.

Recenzje

'This book takes a distinguished line of research in a new direction, emphasizing how social comparisons affect the group as well as the individual. Križan and Gibbons have done a good job of organizing the volume: it provides a multifaceted view of social comparison, showing how social comparisons can lead to disparities and group tensions but may also enhance bonding between individuals and groups. Communal Functions of Social Comparison should be read by clinical psychologists, social psychologists, and anyone whose work involves group processes. Both graduate students and seasoned researchers will find this book a rich source of ideas.' Thomas A. Wills, University of Hawaii Cancer Center

Spis treści

Introduction. Communion in social comparison - back to the roots Zlatan Križan and Frederick X. Gibbons; Part I. Core Considerations: 1. Agency and communion in social comparisons Kenneth D. Locke; 2. Social comparison in identity theory Jan E. Stets and Peter J. Burke; 3. When comparisons divide: invidious emotions and their social control Zlatan Križan and Richard H. Smith; Part II. Individual Level: 4. Sparing others through social comparison Anne L. Zell and Julie Juola Exline; 5. Social comparisons within romantic relationships Penelope Lockwood and Rebecca T. Pinkus; Part III. Group Level: 6. Prototype-based social comparison within groups: constructing social identity to reduce self-uncertainty Michael A. Hogg and Amber M. Gaffney; 7. Bonding, hiding and promoting: three reactions to shared threat Hart Blanton, Melissa Burkley and Edward Burkley; Part IV. Sociocultural Level: 8. Basic principles of social comparison: does gender matter? Serge Guimond and Armand Chatard; 9. Culture and self-worth: implications for social comparison processes and coping with threats to self-worth Joni Y. Sasaki, Deborah M. Ko and Heejung S. Kim.