Callan, Mitchell J and Kim, Hyunji and Matthews, William J (2015) Age differences in social comparison tendency and personal relative deprivation. Personality and Individual Differences, 87. pp. 196-199. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2015.08.003
Callan, Mitchell J and Kim, Hyunji and Matthews, William J (2015) Age differences in social comparison tendency and personal relative deprivation. Personality and Individual Differences, 87. pp. 196-199. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2015.08.003
Callan, Mitchell J and Kim, Hyunji and Matthews, William J (2015) Age differences in social comparison tendency and personal relative deprivation. Personality and Individual Differences, 87. pp. 196-199. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2015.08.003
Abstract
We examined age-related differences in social comparison orientation and personal relative deprivation (PRD). In Study 1, participants (N= 1290) reported their tendencies to engage in social comparisons and PRD. Older adults reported lower levels of social comparison tendency and PRD, and social comparison tendency mediated the relation between age and PRD. The findings reported in Study 1 were replicated in Study 2 using a sample of participants between the ages of 18 to 30 (n= 180) and 60 + years old (n= 176). Our findings provide evidence that older adults report lower levels of social comparison tendency that, in turn, relate to lower levels of PRD.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Aging; Social comparison; Social comparison orientation; Personal relative deprivation |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science and Health Faculty of Science and Health > Psychology, Department of |
| SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
| Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
| Date Deposited: | 31 Aug 2015 14:57 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Oct 2024 19:53 |
| URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/14735 |