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The effects of naturalistic social comparison on satisfaction with life domains

Fujita, Franklin David

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Title
The effects of naturalistic social comparison on satisfaction with life domains
Author(s)
Fujita, Franklin David
Issue Date
1994
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Diener, Edward F.
Department of Study
Psychology
Discipline
Psychology
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
  • Psychology, Social
  • Psychology, Personality
Language
eng
Abstract
Naturalistic social comparisons are comparisons that happen in everyday life, unlike many social comparisons that occur only in psychological laboratories. Previous research showing strong relationships between social comparisons and satisfaction judgments needs to be reinterpreted because the correlation is caused by a third variable, self standing judgments. Study 1 used a correlational design and path analysis. Study 2 used randomly assigned roommates as comparison targets. Neither study showed any effect of naturalistic social comparisons on satisfaction judgments.
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text
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Copyright 1994 Fujita, Franklin David

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