A Mindset of Competition versus Cooperation Moderates the Impact of Social Comparison on Self-Evaluation

A Mindset of Competition versus Cooperation Moderates the Impact of Social Comparison on Self-Evaluation

Do people feel better or worse about themselves when working with someone who is better than they are? We present the first replication of the work of Stapel and Koomen (2005) who showed that being in a competitive vs. cooperative mindset moderates the effects of social comparison on self-evaluatio...

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Main Authors: Lucie eColpaert, Dominique eMuller, Marie-Pierre eFayant, Fabrizio eButera
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
replication
cooperation
competition
social comparison
self-evaluation
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01337/full

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