Contributors. Preface. Part I: Introduction. 1. A Selective History of Classic and Neo Social Comparison Theory; J. Suls, L. Wheeler. Part II: Foundations of Social Comparison. 2. Interpreting and Inventing Social Reality: Attributional and Constructive Elements in Social Comparison; G.R. Goethals, W.M. Klein. 3. Stability of Related Attributes and the Inference of Ability through Social Comparison; W.P. Smith, G.B. Arkelsson. 4. `Can I Do X?' Using the Proxy Comparison Model to Predict Performance; R. Martin. 5. Social Comparison and Influence in Groups; D.R. Forsyth. 6. Opinion Comparison: The Role of the Corroborator, Expert and Proxy in Social Influence; J. Suls. 7. Self-Evaluation Maintenance and Evolution; S.R.H. Beach, A. Tesser. 8. Individual Differences in Social Comparison; L. Wheeler. 9. Among the Better Ones: Upward Assimilation in Social Comparison; R.L. Collins. 10. Assimilative and Contrastive Emotional Reactions to Upward and Downward Social Comparison; R.H. Smith. 11. Examing Social Comparisons with the Test Selection Measure: Opportunities for the Researcher and the Research Participant; J.V. Wood. 12. Social Comparison: Lessons from Basic Research on Judgment; D.H. Wedell, A. Parducci. 13. Consequences of Social Comparison: Selective Accessibility, Assimilation, and Contrast; T. Mussweiler, F. Strack. 14. Evaluating Social Comparison Targets; M.D. Alicke. 15. Social Comparison, Affiliation, and Emotional Contagion Under Threat; J.A. Kulik, H.I.M. Mahler. Part III: Related Social Phenomena. 16. The Projective Perception of the Social World: A Building Block of Social Comparison Processes; J. Krueger. 17. Social Judgment as Implicit Social Comparison; D. Dunning. 18. Comparing Comparisons: An Integrative Perspective on Social Comparisons and Counterfactual Thinking; J.M. Olson, et al. Part IV: Applications. 19. Social Identity and Social Comparison; M.A. Hogg. 20. Social Comparison and Fairness: A Counterfactual Simulations Perspective; R. Folger, E.E. Kass. 21. Social Comparison Processes in Health and Illness; H. Tennen, et al. Part V: Commentary. 22. Toward an Enlightenment in Social Comparison Theory: Moving Beyond Classic and Renaissance Approaches; F.X. Gibbons, B.P. Buunk. Author Index. Subject Index.
