The impact of social comparison processes on self-evaluation of performance, self-concept, and task interest
- Development of self-concept and task interest has been shown to be affected by social comparison processes in a variety of cross-sectional studies. A potential explanation for these effects is an effect of social comparative performance feedback on an individual’s self-evaluation of performance, which in turn influences development of self-concept and task interest. There are, however, only few studies addressing this topic with experimental designs. This study was aimed at closing this research gap by experimentally manipulating social comparative performance. Feedback given was based on 2 × 2 experimental conditions: social position (high vs. low) and average performance of the reference group (high vs. low). Results show a strong effect of social position on self-evaluation of performance and smaller effects on self-concept and task interest.
Author details: | Jannis BoschORCiDGND, Jürgen WilbertORCiDGND |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2023.1033488 |
ISSN: | 2504-284X |
Title of parent work (German): | Frontiers in education |
Publisher: | Frontiers Media |
Place of publishing: | Lausanne |
Publication type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Date of first publication: | 2023/02/13 |
Publication year: | 2023 |
Release date: | 2023/04/24 |
Tag: | contrast effects; interest; self-concept; self-evaluation; social comparison |
Volume: | 8 |
Number of pages: | 11 |
Funding institution: | Universität Potsdam |
Funding institution: | Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) |
Funding number: | PA 2023_007 |
Funding number: | Projektnummer 491466077 |
Organizational units: | Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Strukturbereich Bildungswissenschaften / Department für Inklusionspädagogik |
DDC classification: | 3 Sozialwissenschaften / 37 Bildung und Erziehung / 370 Bildung und Erziehung |
Peer review: | Referiert |
Grantor: | Publikationsfonds der Universität Potsdam |
Publishing method: | Open Access / Gold Open-Access |
License (German): | CC-BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International |
External remark: | Zweitveröffentlichung in der Schriftenreihe Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe ; 836 |