Upward social comparisons : angel or devil ? On the opposite effects of forced and deliberate comparisons in the context of the BFLPE

Florence Dumas (1) , Pascal Huguet (1) , Herbert W. Marsh (2) , Isabelle Regner (1) , Ladd Wheeler (3) , Jerry Suls (4) , John Nezlek (5)

1 LPC - Laboratoire de psychologie cognitive
2 SELF Research Centre
3 Macquarie University
4 University of Iowa [Iowa City]
5 WM - College of William and Mary [Williamsburg]

Domains: Cognitive science; Psychology

Florence Dumas, Pascal Huguet, Herbert W. Marsh, Isabelle Regner, Ladd Wheeler, et al.. Upward social comparisons : angel or devil ? On the opposite effects of forced and deliberate comparisons in the context of the BFLPE. 27th International Congress of Applied Psychology (ICAP), 2010, Melbourne, Australia. ⟨hal-01474174⟩