Individual differences in social comparison: Development of a scale of social comparison orientation.

X. Gibbons, Frederick; P. Buunk, Bram

doi:10.1037//0022-3514.76.1.129

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Individual differences in social comparison: Development of a scale of social comparison orientation.

Published in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology • Jan 1, 1999

Authors:

Frederick X. Gibbons

Bram P. Buunk

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 c...

Subject

Psychology

Scale (ratio)

Social psychology

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