Social Comparisons at Work as Related to a Cooperative Social Climate and to Individual Differences in Social Comparison Orientation

2005 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bram P. Buunk ◽  
Rosario Zurriaga ◽  
Jose M. Peiro ◽  
Aukje Nauta ◽  
Isabel Gosalvez
Keyword(s):  
Individual Differences ◽  
Social Comparison ◽  
Social Comparisons ◽  
Social Climate ◽  
Social Comparison Orientation

scholarly journals Kant be Compared: People High in Social Comparison Orientation Make Fewer—Not More—Deontological Decisions in Sacrificial Dilemmas

2020 ◽  
pp. 194855062094729
Author(s):  
Alexandra Fleischmann ◽  
Joris Lammers ◽  
Paul Conway ◽  
Adam D. Galinsky
Keyword(s):  
Social Comparison ◽  
Social Comparisons ◽  
Past Research ◽  
Moral Dilemmas ◽  
Dark Side ◽  
Moral Decision Making ◽  
Social Comparison Orientation ◽  
Harm To Others ◽  
Conventional Study ◽  
Consistent Support

The current work tests whether the dispositional tendency to compare oneself to others—social comparison orientation (SCO)—impacts decisions in moral dilemmas. Past research offers two competing predictions for how SCO impacts moral decision making: (a) SCO increases deontological judgments because people high in SCO care especially about social norms versus (b) SCO decreases deontological judgments because people high in SCO are competitive and thus unconcerned about causing harm to others. Four studies (two preregistered) find consistent support that SCO decreases deontological decisions. This relationship was robust in employing conventional (Study 1) and process dissociation (Studies 2–4) dilemma analytic techniques. Furthermore, we find that psychopathy uniquely mediates decreased deontological decisions among people high in SCO (Study 4). These results indicate that high-SCO people make fewer deontological decisions because they are less concerned with causing harm. Overall, the current research suggests that there is a dark side to making social comparisons.

scholarly journals Perfectionism, envy and hypercompetitiveness among university students

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 7-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
N.G. Garanian ◽  
A.Y. Klykova ◽  
M.G. Sorokova
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Social Comparison ◽  
Social Comparisons ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
Counseling Services ◽  
Student Counseling ◽  
Social Comparison Orientation

Annual reports of student counseling services and empirical findings demonstrate growing prevalence of student maladjustment. Perfectionism is among highly disputable factors of this tendency. A study was conducted in the sample of 226 Russian university students. Indices of perfectionism, social comparisons, envy and competitiveness were examined. Students high in perfectionism reported significantly higher levels of contrastive upward social comparisons, envy, hypercompetitiveness and depression than those low in perfectionism. Envy and social comparison orientation partially mediated a relationship between perfectionism and depression.

Social comparisons and long-term rehabilitation for traumatic brain injury: A longitudinal study

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (13) ◽  
pp. 1743-1748
Author(s):  
Danielle Arigo ◽  
Kyle Haggerty
Keyword(s):  
Traumatic Brain Injury ◽  
Brain Injury ◽  
Social Comparison ◽  
Psychosocial Functioning ◽  
Social Influences ◽  
Social Comparisons ◽  
Affective Responses ◽  
Rehabilitation Outcomes ◽  
Social Comparison Orientation

Little is known about social influences on long-term rehabilitation outcomes for traumatic brain injury, particularly social comparisons (i.e. self-evaluations relative to others). Patients in long-term rehabilitation ( n = 31) completed assessments at baseline and 1 year. Self-reported social comparison orientation was comparable to existing samples and showed stability over 1 year; affective responses to comparisons (e.g. frustration) were less stable. Social comparison orientation and affective responses were related to baseline executive and psychosocial functioning ( rs = 0.34–0.53) and predicted worse impairment and depression at 1 year ( ds = 0.67, 1.39). Greater attention to comparisons in long-term rehabilitation could improve outcomes.

scholarly journals Psychometric properties of instruments of measurement of social comparison orientation

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 112-130
Author(s):  
T.N. Savchenko ◽  
E.S. Samoylenko ◽  
A.V. Korbut
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Individual Differences ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Social Comparison ◽  
External Validity ◽  
American English ◽  
High Reliability ◽  
Social Comparison Orientation

In the article, the results of a comparative analysis of psychometric properties of the Iowa-Netherlands Social Comparison Orientation Measure (INCOM) (Gibbons, Buunk, 1999) versions administered to different cultural samples (American, English, Dutch, German and Russian), and Russian Social Comparison Orientation Questionnaire (RSCOQ) (Samoylenko, 2012, in Russian) are presented. For the INCOM versions, similarity in their high reliability and differences in their factor structures as well as in the ways to measure their construct and external validity were revealed. For the INCOM and RSCOQ, significant positive associations between their comparison orientaion total measures as well as their separate factors were revealed. This means a possibility to combine the two instruments when testing individual differences in social comparison orientation.

The Ex-Factor: Attachment Anxiety and Social Comparisons Across Romantic Relationships

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simran Hingorani ◽  
Rebecca T. Pinkus
Keyword(s):  
Individual Differences ◽  
Romantic Relationships ◽  
Social Comparison ◽  
Attachment Style ◽  
Social Comparisons ◽  
Attachment Anxiety ◽  
Self Perceptions ◽  
Current Partner

AbstractIndividuals high in attachment anxiety often experience persistent negative self-perceptions and heightened sensitivity toward perceived relationship threats. These characteristics may extend into past romantic relationships. This study examined whether individual differences in attachment style predict self-evaluations and relationship social comparison frequency. Two hundred and fifty-nine individuals rated themselves, their partner, and their current partner's ex-partner (CPE) or their ex-partner's current partner (ECP) on several dimensions. Individuals high in attachment anxiety experienced more relationship uncertainty but were not less satisfied than individuals low in attachment anxiety. They also made more comparisons in general and to relationships involving an ex-partner, and viewed themselves less positively than they viewed their CPE/ECP. Findings are discussed with respect to the influence that past relationships might hold over anxiously attached individuals’ current relationships.

Individual differences in the leader categorization to openness to influence relationship

2011 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 605-622 ◽  
Author(s):  
Niels van Quaquebeke ◽  
Daan van Knippenberg ◽  
Tilman Eckloff
Keyword(s):  
Individual Differences ◽  
Social Influence ◽  
Social Comparison ◽  
Individual Difference ◽  
Cognitive Representation ◽  
Leadership Theories ◽  
Categorization Theory ◽  
Field Samples ◽  
Social Comparison Orientation

Contemporary so called follower-centric leadership theories often argue that “good leadership is in the eye of the beholder”. Leader categorization theory, for instance, suggests that subordinates use their cognitive representation of an ideal leader (ideal leader prototype) as an implicit “benchmark” to determine their openness towards the target’s leadership, i.e., influence. With the present study, we extend this rationale by hypothesizing that such benchmarking processes are subject to follower individual differences. In particular, we argue that the process of leader categorization plays a bigger role for subordinates who perceive themselves as ideal (potential) leaders. Moreover, this two-way moderation is proposed to be further qualified by subordinates’ disposition to engage in social comparison orientation. Results of two field samples with employees ( N = 140; N = 287) confirm our hypotheses. In integrating the leader categorization perspective with an individual difference perspective, we not only expand the scope of follower-centric theorizing on social influence, but also support its validity.

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