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First published 2018-11

Too Good to Be True? Boundary Conditions to the Use of Downward Social Comparisons in Service Recovery

Paolo Antonetti, Benedetta Crisafulli, Stan Maklan

Journal of Service Research

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First published 2011-2

Making Up for Lost Opportunities: The Protective Role of Downward Social Comparisons for Coping With Regrets Across Adulthood

Isabelle Bauer, Carsten Wrosch

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

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First published 1993-02

Social Comparison and the Pill: Reactions to Upward and Downward Comparison of Contraceptive Behavior

Theresa J. Reis, Meg Gerrard, Frederick X. Gibbons

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

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First published 2025-9

Prepare to Compare: Effects of an Intervention Involving Upward and Downward Social Comparisons on Goal Pursuit in Daily Life

Kathi Diel, Wilhelm Hofmann, Sonja Grelle [...]

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

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First published 2026

The Role of Social Media Influencers Attractiveness,Envy and Social Comparisons on Followers’ Prosocial Intentions

Marcela Moraes, Isaac Cheah, Mai Nguyen [...]

Australasian Marketing Journal

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First published 2008-3

Social comparison activity in coping with HIV

Valerian J Derlega, Kathryn Greene, James M Henson [...]

International Journal of STD & AIDS

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First published 2019-3

Social Comparison in Retailer–Supplier Relationships: Referent Discrepancy Effects

Hannah S. Lee, David A. Griffith

Journal of Marketing

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First published 2010-9

Upward and Downward: Social Comparison Processing of Thin Idealized Media Images

Marika Tiggemann, Janet Polivy

Psychology of Women Quarterly

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First published 2011-6

When a Serious Adverse Event in Research Occurs,How Do Other Volunteers React?

Caitlin E. Kennedy, Nancy Kass, Rachel K. Myers [...]

Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics

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First published 2024-11

So lucky to be paid on time! Downward social comparison and gratitude in crisis economy psychological contracts

Maryam Aldossari, Maria Simosi, Denise M Rousseau

Economic and Industrial Democracy

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