Social comparison, equality, and relationship satisfaction: Gender differences over a ten-year period

A Theory of Social Comparison Processes

1954 • 18,417 citations

Experimental Design: Procedures for the Behavioral Sciences

2013 • 8,527 citations

Illusion and well-being: A social psychological perspective on mental health.

1988 • 7,315 citations

The Social Psychology of Groups

1959 • 6,047 citations

Equity : theory and research

1978 • 2,473 citations

The Social Psychology of Groups.

1960 • 1,572 citations

Social Comparison Processes: Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives.

1979 • 1,137 citations

The Future Of Marriage

1972 • 1,035 citations

Experimental Design: Procedures for the Behavioral Sciences

1970 • 854 citations

Distributive Justice: A Social-Psychological Perspective

1987 • 852 citations

Multivariate Procedures for the Behavioral Sciences.

1964 • 825 citations

Personal Relationships: Their Structures and Processes

1979 • 698 citations

Resource Theory

1980 • 398 citations

Compatible and Incompatible Relationships

1985 • 299 citations

Exploring sex differences

1976 • 235 citations

Distributive Justice: A Social Psychological Perspective.

1987 • 201 citations

A longitudinal study of equity and satisfaction in intimate relationships

1990 • 177 citations

Equity and Intimate Relations: Recent Research

1985 • 171 citations

Sex Differences in the Mental Health Effects of Spouse Support and Equity

1981 • 166 citations

Gender, justice, and the psychology of entitlement.

1987 • 156 citations

Task-Specific Motivation: An Integrative Approach to Issues of Measurement, Mechanisms, Processes, and Determinants

1987 • 148 citations

Unequal intervals and unequal n in trend analyses.

1965 • 127 citations

The differentiation of social-comparison jealousy and romantic jealousy.

1986 • 125 citations

Fairness and Reward Level as Predictors of Relationship Satisfaction

1982 • 97 citations

Satisfaction in Intimate Relationships as a Function of Inequality, Inequity, and Outcomes

1984 • 89 citations

Measuring Equity in Intimate Relations

1981 • 89 citations

Equity and Depression Among Married Couples

1980 • 85 citations

Physical Attractiveness, Romantic Love, and Equity Restoration in Dating Relationships

1980 • 82 citations

Equity and sexual satisfaction in recently married couples

1982 • 81 citations

Family Processes and Problems: Social Psychological Aspects

1986 • 81 citations

Variant lifestyles and relationships

1989 • 73 citations

Assessing Marriage: New Behavioral Approaches

1983 • 73 citations

Affective Self-Disclosure and Marital Adjustment: A Test of Equity Theory

1983 • 67 citations

A Test of Equity Theory for Marital Adjustment

1984 • 66 citations

Strategies of Jealousy: Styles of Coping with Extramarital Involvement of the Spouse

1982 • 53 citations

Conditions that Promote Breakups as a Consequence of Extradyadic Involvements

1987 • 52 citations

Fair vs. Equal Role Relations in Dual-Career and Dual-Earner Families: Implications for Family Interventions

1987 • 50 citations

Giving and Receiving

1981 • 39 citations

A Function of Friendship: Social Comparisons as a Frame of Reference for Marriage

1980 • 29 citations

Giving and receiving: Social justice in close relationships

1981 • 27 citations

Equity, Equality, and Marriage

1981 • 17 citations

Marital Satisfaction: A Validation Approach

1982 • 12 citations

Deleted Work

1955 • 0 citations