Exploring the implications of construal level for social comparison theory

Exploring the implications of construal level for social comparison theory

This dissertation examines the relationship between two social psychological theories: Social Comparison Theory (Festinger, 1954) and Construal Level Theory (Liberman & Trope, 1998). More specifically, this research assesses how a person's level of mental abstraction (i.e., construal level)...

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Main Author: Bruchmann, Kathryn Irene Gaetz
Other Authors: Suls, Jerry M.
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: University of Iowa 2013
Subjects:
construal level
local dominance
psychological distance
self-evaluations
social comparison
Psychology
Online Access:https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/1555
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