This volume identifies research relevant to communal functions of social comparisons and organizes this research within a coherent conceptual framework.

The extent to which we see ourselves as similar or different from others in our lives plays a key role in getting along and participating in social life. This v

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What are the ultimate motives that instigate individuals’ behaviours? What are the aims of social perception? How can an individuals’ behaviour be described

Comparison of objects, events, and situations is integral to judgment; comparisons of the self with other people comprise one of the building blocks of human co