title: The effect of social comparison with peers on self-evaluation.
abstract: Social comparison refers to self-evaluation against other people. When people are outperformed by peers in a domain relevant (irrelevant) to them, it negatively (positively) affects how they evaluate themselves, compared to an irrelevant (relevant) domain. Whether a domain is self-relevant or self-irrelevant, the comparison direction and closeness should interact on how people evaluate themselves. Taiwanese undergraduates (N = 276) ages 19 to 22 years (M = 20.5, SD = 1.8), participated to assess whether the results from Western samples would be similar to those in an Asian sample, which were expected to be more collectivist.
authors.affiliation: 1 National Yunlin University of Science and Technology.
authors.forename: Chia-Ching
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.forename: Yung-Kai
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Chia-Hsin
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Cheng
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010379:Peer Group; D012647:Self-Assessment; D012938:Social Perception; D013624:Taiwan; D055815:Young Adult