Characteristics of Academic Burnout Explained by Social Comparison Theory: A Study of University Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 327-348
Author(s):  
Minyoung Lee ◽  
Sang Min Lee
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Social Comparison ◽  
Social Comparison Theory ◽  
Comparison Theory ◽  
Academic Burnout

Consistency in Choice of Social Referent

2000 ◽  
Vol 86 (3) ◽  
pp. 925-934 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chung-Leung Luk ◽  
Wendy W. N. Wan ◽  
Julian C. L. Lai
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
University Students ◽  
Social Comparison ◽  
Social Comparisons ◽  
Social Comparison Theory ◽  
Full Time ◽  
School Students ◽  
Comparison Theory ◽  
Part Time

Similarity has been an important but ill-defined concept in social comparison theory. For social comparisons of competence, similarity should be defined within the same evaluative social context, for example, the same school for students or the same workplace for workers. 104 postsecondary school students, 96 full-time university students, and 81 part-time mature university students were recruited to participate in this study. They filled out a questionnaire to indicate whether they compared themselves with each of 11 categories of social referent in each of 10 domains of competence. Comparers preferred to choose those in the same evaluative social context as referents for social comparisons in domains of competence, and their comparisons with dissimilar others were rare. This preference was consistent across the three different samples.

scholarly journals GET IT, GIRL! An exploration of "fitspiration" content on Instagram using visual social semiotics and social comparison theory

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kaitlyn McGuirk
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Comparison ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Professional Communication ◽  
Social Comparison Theory ◽  
Social Semiotics ◽  
Comparison Theory ◽  
Young Females ◽  
Media Platform ◽  
Female Bodies

By definition “fitspiration” (fit + inspiration) is any message designed to inspire or motivate individuals to achieve their fitness objectives. These messages are usually accompanied by an image of a very fit person performing a physical activity. Fitspiration messages seem to be everywhere with more than 12 million results on Instagram alone. This Master of Professional Communication Major Research Paper (MRP) explores the “fitspiration” phenomenon on the social media platform Instagram by examining 50 images tagged with “#fitspiration” during March and April 2017. Informed and analyzed through multiple methods including content analysis, visual social semiotics theory, discourse analysis and social comparison theory, this report seeks to answer the research questions: (1) What are the characteristics of “fitspiration” images on Instagram that are aimed at young women? (2) What messages do these media images convey? (3) What are the implications of these messages on young women? The results of this study suggest that the “thin-ideal” that is embedded in western culture still dominates social media and the “fitspiration” community, which continues to negatively impact young women’s self-esteem and body image. However, based on the findings there is a shift to the “strong is the new skinny” mentality where the captions and comments of each image are overwhelmingly positive in nature with little to no existence of destructive discourses. In an attempt to lessen the effects of such idealized and unrealistic portrayals of female bodies on young women there must be this continued presence of constructive messages and conversations on social media, coupled with education and social media literacy for young females.

Social Comparison Theory

2011 ◽  
pp. 160-184
Author(s):  
Noah E. Friedkin ◽  
Eugene C. Johnsen
Keyword(s):  
Social Comparison ◽  
Social Comparison Theory ◽  
Comparison Theory

Burnout: a Perspective From Social Comparison Theory

2017 ◽  
pp. 52-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bram P. Buunk ◽  
Wilmar B. Schaufeli
Keyword(s):  
Social Comparison ◽  
Social Comparison Theory ◽  
Comparison Theory

A History of Social Comparison Theory

2019 ◽  
pp. 5-31
Author(s):  
Ladd Wheeler ◽  
Jerry Suls
Keyword(s):  
Social Comparison ◽  
Social Comparison Theory ◽  
Professional Lives ◽  
Comparison Theory ◽  
History Of ◽  
Kurt Lewin ◽  
The 1950S ◽  
Level Of Aspiration

This chapter provides a history of social comparison theory starting in 1944 with the “Level of Aspiration” paper by Kurt Lewin and colleagues. From the work of Stan Schachter on affiliation in the 1950s, the chapter maintains a linear narrative, attempting to tell the story with numerous digressions into what and how particularly important events happened. The authors are uniquely suited to do this, as their professional lives and friendships have overlapped almost completely with the developments of social comparison theory. They then discuss several theories that are often confused as being based on social comparison theory but are not. They yield the razor with gusto! The chapter ends with a discussion of the neighboring fields and applications that are indeed on the reasons this book is being published.

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