Različiti tipovi socijalnih i temporalnih usporedbi tijekom prilagodbe studiju
In this paper we wanted to define the connection between social and temporal comparisons with some indicators of positive and negative adaptation to study. Besides, we wanted to check the connection between social and temporal comparisons with some other variables which proved to be significant in the process of adaptation in the previous researches such as self-respect, self-efficiency, loneliness, and study burden. And finally, we were interested in whether the changes in the mentioned variables appear in the course of the first year of study. Two investigations were implemented on the example of the first year students in Zadar. The first in the second and the third week from the beginning of classes, and the second a month before the end of teaching in the same academic year. Significant connections of different types of social and temporal comparisons with indicators of positive, namely, negative adaptation have been defined, as well as with self-respect and general self-efficiency. We also found out that there were changes during the first year in consequences of such comparisons and they were more negative towards the end of schooling than at the beginning.