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Self-evaluation Processes

Self-Evaluation Processes is a cognitive mechanism within social comparison theory that involves individuals assessing their own abilities, attributes, or opinions by comparing themselves to others in order to establish, verify, or enhance their self-concept.

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A Theory of Social Comparison Processes

Léon Festinger · Human Relations · 1954 · 20.3K citations

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Self-Reports in Organizational Research: Problems and Prospects

Philip M. Podsakoff, Dennis W. Organ · Journal of Management · 1986 · 16.9K citations

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Self-efficacy mechanism in human agency.

Albert Bandura · American Psychologist · 1982 · 15.2K citations

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Bad is Stronger than Good

Roy F. Baumeister, Ellen Bratslavsky, Catrin Finkenauer et al. · Review of General Psychology · 2001 · 7.4K citations · Full text

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Self-discrepancy: A theory relating self and affect.

E. Tory Higgins · Psychological Review · 1987 · 6.8K citations

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Authors

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  1. HW
    Herbert W. Marsh

    Western Sydney University, Australia

    66 publications · 11.7K citations

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  2. CS
    Constantine Sedikides

    University of Southampton, United Kingdom

    76 publications · 7.9K citations

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  3. MR
    Mark R. Leary

    Wake Forest University, United States

    56 publications · 13.1K citations

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  4. WB
    William B. Swann

    The University of Texas at Austin, United States

    40 publications · 11.3K citations

    36

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  5. RF
    Roy F. Baumeister

    Florida State University, United States

    33 publications · 15.6K citations

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Institutions

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  1. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    74 h-index

    210 publications

    33.2K citations

  2. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    60 h-index

    177 publications

    34.5K citations

  3. The Ohio State University

    Columbus, United States

    58 h-index

    179 publications

    36.9K citations

  4. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    58 h-index

    170 publications

    53K citations

  5. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    55 h-index

    140 publications

    14.8K citations

  6. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    52 h-index

    109 publications

    18.7K citations

  7. University of Waterloo

    Waterloo, Canada

    52 h-index

    164 publications

    19.8K citations

  8. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    51 h-index

    131 publications

    18.6K citations

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  1. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

    889 publications · 155.5K citations

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  2. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

    PSPB · 394 publications · 44.5K citations

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  3. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

    188 publications · 18K citations

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  4. Journal of Personality

    158 publications · 19.2K citations

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  5. Journal of Applied Psychology

    123 publications · 23.4K citations

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