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Select article: OnlyFans use and satisfactions with oneself and others: The role of upward social comparison

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OnlyFans use and satisfactions with oneself and others: The role of upward social comparison

Yadong Ji, Yachao Li

New Media & Society

Select article: A Similarity Mindset Matters on Social Media: Using Algorithm-Generated Similarity Metrics to Foster Assimilation in Upward Social Comparison

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First published 2019-10

A Similarity Mindset Matters on Social Media: Using Algorithm-Generated Similarity Metrics to Foster Assimilation in Upward Social Comparison

Jin Kang, Bingjie Liu

Social Media + Society

Select article: Jealousy Mediates the Link Between Women’s Upward Physical Appearance Comparison and Mate Retention Behavior

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First published 2020-10

Jealousy Mediates the Link Between Women’s Upward Physical Appearance Comparison and Mate Retention Behavior

Steven Arnocky, Ashley Locke

Evolutionary Psychology

Select article: The Dark Side of Upward Social Comparison for Social Media Users: An Investigation of Fear of Missing Out and Digital Hoarding Behavior

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The Dark Side of Upward Social Comparison for Social Media Users: An Investigation of Fear of Missing Out and Digital Hoarding Behavior

Haixia Wang, Peng Miao, Huiyuan Jia [...]

Social Media + Society

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

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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

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

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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

Select article: “What’ve I done to deserve this?” The role of deservingness in reactions to being an upward comparison target

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First published 2017-2

“What’ve I done to deserve this?” The role of deservingness in reactions to being an upward comparison target

Erika J. Koch, Shawnee F.M. Totton

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Select article: A Pessimistic Outlook on Victims and an ‘Upward Bias’ in Social Comparison Expectations of Victim Support Workers Regarding their Clients

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First published 1998-5

A Pessimistic Outlook on Victims and an ‘Upward Bias’ in Social Comparison Expectations of Victim Support Workers Regarding their Clients

Willem Winkel Frans, Monique R. Renssen

International Review of Victimology

Select article: Are You Better Than Me? Competitive Work Climates Fuel Impostorism via Upward Social Comparisons

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First published 2025

Are You Better Than Me? Competitive Work Climates Fuel Impostorism via Upward Social Comparisons

Sanne Feenstra, Felenka Phillips, Christopher T. Begeny [...]

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Select article: Age Matters? The Moderating Effect of Age on the Longitudinal Relationship between Upward and Downward Comparisons on Instagram and Identity Processes During Emerging Adulthood

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First published 2023-4

Age Matters? The Moderating Effect of Age on the Longitudinal Relationship between Upward and Downward Comparisons on Instagram and Identity Processes During Emerging Adulthood

Edward J. Noon, Ilse Vranken, Lara Schreurs

Emerging Adulthood

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