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Direct linkPohlmann, Britta; Moller, Jens – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2009
People not only use social comparisons to evaluate their abilities, they also engage in dimensional comparisons, comparing their own achievement in different domains. Processes of dimensional comparison have contrasting effects on subject-specific self-concepts: downward dimensional comparisons result in higher self-concept in the…
Descriptors: Field Studies, Reading Tests, Academic Achievement, Self Concept
