Self-esteem, similarity, and reactions to active versus passive downward comparison.
Journal of Personality and Social PsychologyPublished 1 March 1991
Frederick X. Gibbons, Sue Boney McCoy
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Abstract
We tested the hypothesis that both high and low self-esteem persons engage in downward social comparison, but do so in different ways
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