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Threatening Comparisons

Threatening Comparisons is a theoretical construct in the field of ability comparison that identifies and analyzes evaluative contrasts between individuals or groups which are perceived as challenging to one's self-esteem, social standing, or competence, thereby eliciting defensive cognitive or behavioral responses.

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2017–2026

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Threat as a determinant of downward comparison

Karl L. Hakmiller · Journal of Experimental Social Psychology · 1966 · 379 citations

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Feeling Superior but Threatened: The Relation of Narcissism to Social Comparison

Laura M. Bogart, Eric G. Benotsch, Jelena D. Pavlovic Pavlovic · Basic and Applied Social Psychology · 2004 · 294 citations

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When you and I are "we," you are not threatening: The role of self-expansion in social comparison.

Wendi L. Gardner, Shira Gabriel, Laura Hochschild · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 2002 · 278 citations

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A developmental examination of gender differences in brain engagement during evaluation of threat

Erin B. McClure, Christopher S. Monk, Eric E. Nelson et al. · Biological Psychiatry · 2004 · 267 citations

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Social Comparison, Stress, and Coping

Shelley E. Taylor, Bram P. Buunk, Lisa G. Aspinwall · Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin · 1990 · 240 citations

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Authors

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  1. SG
    Shira Gabriel

    University at Buffalo, State University of New York, United States

    4 publications · 520 citations

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  2. DA
    Diederik A. Stapel

    Tilburg University, Netherlands

    4 publications · 326 citations

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  3. CS
    Camille S. Johnson

    San Jose State University, United States

    3 publications · 106 citations

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  4. PS
    Pascal Schlechter

    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 45 citations

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  5. RT
    Robert T. Croyle

    National Cancer Institute, United States

    3 publications · 137 citations

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Institutions

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  1. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    1.1K citations

  2. University of Münster

    Münster, Germany

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    73 citations

  3. Northwestern University

    Evanston, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    499 citations

  4. University of Groningen

    Groningen, The Netherlands

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    545 citations

  5. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    45 citations

  6. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    226 citations

  7. Northern Illinois University

    DeKalb, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    50 citations

  8. Université Grenoble Alpes

    Saint-Martin-d'Hères, France

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    220 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

    10 publications · 940 citations

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  2. Basic and Applied Social Psychology

    4 publications · 400 citations

    4

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  3. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

    PSPB · 4 publications · 574 citations

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  4. Journal of Applied Social Psychology

    2 publications · 41 citations

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  5. Cognitive Therapy and Research

    2 publications · 82 citations

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