Social Comparison and Education.

A Theory of Social Comparison Processes

1954 • 18,417 citations

The attraction paradigm

1972 • 4,186 citations

Social Comparison Processes: Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives.

1979 • 1,137 citations

The Development of the Concepts of Effort and Ability, Perception of Academic Attainment, and the Understanding That Difficult Tasks Require More Ability

1978 • 881 citations

Temporal comparison theory.

1977 • 568 citations

Self-esteem : its conceptualization and measurement

1976 • 545 citations

The Campus as a Frog Pond: An Application of the Theory of Relative Deprivation to Career Decisions of College Men

1966 • 517 citations

A cybernetic model of self-attention processes.

1979 • 381 citations

Learned helplessness through modeling: The role of perceived similarity in competence.

1978 • 323 citations

Self-esteem in young men: A longitudinal analysis of the impact of educational and occupational attainment.

1977 • 283 citations

Cognitive Algebra: Integration Theory Applied to Social Attribution

1974 • 277 citations

Equity theory and the cognitive ability of children.

1979 • 228 citations

Self-Definition: The Impact of the Relative Performance and Similarity of Others

1980 • 209 citations

Children's perceptions of their own and their classmates' ability.

1981 • 202 citations

Are causal attributions causal? A path analysis of the cognitive model of achievement motivation.

1979 • 170 citations

Track Misperceptions and Frustrated College Plans: An Analysis of the Effects of Tracks and Track Perceptions in the National Longitudinal Survey

1980 • 160 citations

Self-Evaluative Responses of Children in an Achievement Setting

1976 • 145 citations

Social comparison in the classroom: The relationship between academic achievement and self-concept.

1978 • 139 citations

Correlates of social status among mainstreamed mentally retarded children.

1978 • 112 citations

Social comparison between young children in achievement situations.

1976 • 109 citations

The Effect of Classroom Structure on Shared Perceptions of Ability

1980 • 105 citations

A social determinant of the level of aspiration.

1939 • 102 citations

Social values: Their definition, measurement and development.

1978 • 94 citations

Uncertainty-reducing properties of achievement tasks.

1979 • 94 citations

Reference-Group Theory and Ability Grouping: A Convergence of Sociological Theory and Educational Research

1976 • 91 citations

MAINSTREAMING: TOWARD AN EXPLICATION OF THE CONSTRUCT

1975 • 77 citations

Children's achievement attributions and self-reinforcement: Effects of self-concept and competitive reward structure.

1978 • 77 citations

Performance Evaluation Via Social Comparison: Performance Similarity Versus Related-Attribute Similarity

1978 • 70 citations

Comparison Behavior in Elementary School Children

1972 • 62 citations

Social Comparison Choices for Evaluating a Sexand Age-Related Ability

1978 • 59 citations

Motives for social comparison: The construction–validation distinction.

1979 • 51 citations

Social Comparison Strategies

1981 • 49 citations

Classroom Structure and the Organization of Ability

1981 • 47 citations

Awareness of social comparison interest and motivations: A developmental study.

1977 • 47 citations

Attraction as a function of similarity-dissimilarity in task performance.

1971 • 45 citations

Ability evaluation through social comparison

1974 • 40 citations

Effects of social comparison upon children's self-reinforcement and altruism toward competitors and friends.

1971 • 30 citations

The Effects of Cooperatively and Competitively Structured Learning Environments on Inter- and Intrapersonal Behavior

1976 • 29 citations

Mentally Retarded Children

1964 • 28 citations

Effects of performance expectancy and outcome certainty on interest in social comparison

1971 • 27 citations

Effects of performance expectancies created by peer comparison as related to social reinforcement, task difficulty, and age of child

1978 • 25 citations

Students' Preferences for Information About Their Test Performance: A Social Comparison Study¹

1978 • 25 citations

Selectivity in the Use of Social Comparison Information

1979 • 23 citations

Reading difficulties, behavior, and social status.

1980 • 21 citations

EFFECTS OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SELF AND COACTOR SCORES UPON THE AUDIT RESPONSES THAT ALLOW ACCESS TO THESE SCORES¹

1974 • 20 citations

Effects of Age and Social Comparison upon Children's Noncontingent Self-Reinforcement and the Value of a Reinforcer

1973 • 16 citations

Social Comparison Processes in Sibling and Peer Relations

1980 • 15 citations

Effects of Social Comparison on Aggression and Regression in Groups of Young Children

1976 • 14 citations

Social Comparison Processes in the Young Child.

1979 • 14 citations

A Developmental Perspective on Theories of Achievement Motivation

1980 • 13 citations

Competitive behavior

1978 • 13 citations

Influence of win-loss ratio on performance, satisfaction and preference for opponents

1975 • 12 citations

Self-evaluation and rejection in groups : three experimental studies and a conceptual outline

1956 • 8 citations

Effects of the win-loss ratio and challenge on speed in a two-person lever-pressing race.

1969 • 5 citations

Attributions for success and failure after cooperation, competition, or team competition

1979 • 4 citations

Effects of Attitude-Similarity and Success-Failure upon Attitude toward Other Persons

1973 • 3 citations

Peer judgment of competence in junior high school classrooms.

1978 • 1 citations