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Peer reviewedBuunk, Bram P. – Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 1995
Illuminates the nature and direction of social comparison research using a sample of 168 Dutch individuals. Some of the findings revealed uncertainty and frustration related to a need for social comparison, a desire more for information than affiliation about similar others, and the influence of health problems in evaluating one's situation. (RJM)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Cohort Analysis, Disabilities, Diseases
