{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2587521636","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1037/edu0000171","title":"A double-edged sword? On the benefit, detriment, and net effect of dimensional comparison on self-concept.","display_name":"A double-edged sword? On the benefit, detriment, and net effect of dimensional comparison on self-concept.","publication_year":2017,"publication_date":"2017-02-06","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2587521636","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1037/edu0000171","mag":"2587521636"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1037/edu0000171","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1037/edu0000171","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1037/edu0000171","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S61703936","display_name":"Journal of Educational Psychology","issn_l":"0022-0663","issn":["0022-0663","1939-2176"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","dongbi-b","erih-plus","jufo-3","ki-jl-1","norway-2","poland-140","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320262","host_organization_name":"American Psychological Association","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320262"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["American Psychological Association"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Journal of Educational Psychology","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5080712165","display_name":"Hanno M\u00fcller-Kalthoff","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7489-4092","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7489-4092"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I32021983","display_name":"Christian-Albrechts-Universit\u00e4t zu Kiel","ror":"https://ror.org/04v76ef78","country_code":"DE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I32021983"]}],"countries":["DE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Hanno M\u00fcller-Kalthoff","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Educational Psychology, University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Educational Psychology, University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I32021983"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5005641008","display_name":"Malte Jansen","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7081-6505","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7081-6505"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I39343248","display_name":"Humboldt-Universit\u00e4t zu Berlin","ror":"https://ror.org/01hcx6992","country_code":"DE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I39343248"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4387155183","display_name":"Institute for Educational Quality Improvement","ror":"https://ror.org/038t2yw28","country_code":"DE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4387155183"]}],"countries":["DE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Malte Jansen","raw_affiliation_strings":["Institute for Educational Quality Improvement, Humboldt University of Berlin Berlin, Germany"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7081-6505","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Institute for Educational Quality Improvement, Humboldt University of Berlin Berlin, Germany","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I39343248","https://openalex.org/I4387155183"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5090566662","display_name":"Irene M. Schiefer","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I94626330","display_name":"University of Bamberg","ror":"https://ror.org/01c1w6d29","country_code":"DE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I94626330"]}],"countries":["DE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Irene M. Schiefer","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Educational Research , University of Bamberg , Bamberg, Germany"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Educational Research , University of Bamberg , Bamberg, Germany","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I94626330"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5049563594","display_name":"Friederike Helm","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8254-0710","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8254-0710"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I32021983","display_name":"Christian-Albrechts-Universit\u00e4t zu Kiel","ror":"https://ror.org/04v76ef78","country_code":"DE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I32021983"]}],"countries":["DE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Friederike Helm","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Educational Psychology, University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Educational Psychology, University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I32021983"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5031844386","display_name":"Nicole Nagy","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I32021983","display_name":"Christian-Albrechts-Universit\u00e4t zu Kiel","ror":"https://ror.org/04v76ef78","country_code":"DE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I32021983"]}],"countries":["DE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Nicole Nagy","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Educational Psychology, University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Educational Psychology, University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I32021983"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5013842130","display_name":"Jens M\u00f8ller","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1767-5859","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1767-5859"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I32021983","display_name":"Christian-Albrechts-Universit\u00e4t zu Kiel","ror":"https://ror.org/04v76ef78","country_code":"DE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I32021983"]}],"countries":["DE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Jens M\u00f6ller","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Educational Psychology, University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Educational Psychology, University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I32021983"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":4,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":8.6952,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":37,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.97427521,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":87,"max":98},"biblio":{"volume":"109","issue":"7","first_page":"1029","last_page":"1047"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10547","display_name":"Education, Achievement, and Giftedness","score":0.9922000169754028,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3204","display_name":"Developmental and Educational Psychology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/32","display_name":"Psychology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10547","display_name":"Education, Achievement, and Giftedness","score":0.9922000169754028,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3204","display_name":"Developmental and Educational Psychology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/32","display_name":"Psychology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10959","display_name":"Student Assessment and Feedback","score":0.000699999975040555,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3304","display_name":"Education"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11040","display_name":"Personality Traits and Psychology","score":0.0006000000284984708,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3203","display_name":"Clinical Psychology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/32","display_name":"Psychology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/self-concept","display_name":"self-concept","score":0.906000018119812},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/upward-social-comparison","display_name":"upward social comparison","score":0.722000002861023},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/downward-social-comparison","display_name":"downward social comparison","score":1.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/academic-achievement","display_name":"academic performance","score":0.7300000190734863},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/domain-specific-self-concept","display_name":"domain-specific self-concept","score":0.7770000100135803},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/german-language-achievement","display_name":"German language achievement","score":0.5580000281333923},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mathematics-achievement","display_name":"mathematics achievement","score":0.996999979019165}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2781424646","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7395200","display_name":"SWORD","level":2,"score":0.9616832137107849},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.6599198579788208},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C145420912","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q853077","display_name":"Mathematics education","level":1,"score":0.4217146039009094},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C77805123","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q161272","display_name":"Social psychology","level":1,"score":0.380082368850708},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C180747234","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23373","display_name":"Cognitive psychology","level":1,"score":0.3604242205619812},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.15160709619522095},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C136764020","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q466","display_name":"World Wide Web","level":1,"score":0.10317087173461914}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1037/edu0000171","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1037/edu0000171","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1037/edu0000171","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S61703936","display_name":"Journal of Educational Psychology","issn_l":"0022-0663","issn":["0022-0663","1939-2176"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","dongbi-b","erih-plus","jufo-3","ki-jl-1","norway-2","poland-140","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320262","host_organization_name":"American Psychological Association","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320262"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["American Psychological Association"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Journal of Educational Psychology","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"display_name":"Quality education","score":0.4156000018119812,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/4"}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":67,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W37123687","https://openalex.org/W89434715","https://openalex.org/W311477267","https://openalex.org/W1603542031","https://openalex.org/W1610612296","https://openalex.org/W1647478161","https://openalex.org/W1703134475","https://openalex.org/W1935421882","https://openalex.org/W1970438715","https://openalex.org/W1972543500","https://openalex.org/W1973743696","https://openalex.org/W1974808357","https://openalex.org/W1975127884","https://openalex.org/W1982571057","https://openalex.org/W1984234992","https://openalex.org/W1989401032","https://openalex.org/W1992089794","https://openalex.org/W2018633684","https://openalex.org/W2022952027","https://openalex.org/W2023041445","https://openalex.org/W2023982719","https://openalex.org/W2026204567","https://openalex.org/W2026797589","https://openalex.org/W2027488617","https://openalex.org/W2037124948","https://openalex.org/W2039896977","https://openalex.org/W2039969225","https://openalex.org/W2041179722","https://openalex.org/W2048786551","https://openalex.org/W2069775782","https://openalex.org/W2072022718","https://openalex.org/W2073435692","https://openalex.org/W2075079165","https://openalex.org/W2075845745","https://openalex.org/W2075964229","https://openalex.org/W2081045695","https://openalex.org/W2084593676","https://openalex.org/W2090727433","https://openalex.org/W2094180708","https://openalex.org/W2095023336","https://openalex.org/W2096049201","https://openalex.org/W2096953350","https://openalex.org/W2113346546","https://openalex.org/W2114662031","https://openalex.org/W2115098571","https://openalex.org/W2117753904","https://openalex.org/W2121044470","https://openalex.org/W2123010712","https://openalex.org/W2130337868","https://openalex.org/W2134052602","https://openalex.org/W2134654456","https://openalex.org/W2135220927","https://openalex.org/W2142751464","https://openalex.org/W2145908263","https://openalex.org/W2146703085","https://openalex.org/W2153731371","https://openalex.org/W2154280329","https://openalex.org/W2154397571","https://openalex.org/W2157300266","https://openalex.org/W2159780324","https://openalex.org/W2171975196","https://openalex.org/W2216840243","https://openalex.org/W2335144206","https://openalex.org/W2477897135","https://openalex.org/W2503811233","https://openalex.org/W2974902866","https://openalex.org/W4254409313"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2039896977","https://openalex.org/W2403235584","https://openalex.org/W2090727433","https://openalex.org/W7046795457","https://openalex.org/W6999837499","https://openalex.org/W2754502618","https://openalex.org/W2075964229","https://openalex.org/W6990412457","https://openalex.org/W4401174703","https://openalex.org/W2335144206"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Dimensional":[0],"comparison":[1],"theory":[2],"(DCT;":[3],"Moller":[4],"&":[5],"Marsh,":[6],"2013)":[7],"assumes":[8,51],"that":[9],"students":[10,118],"compare":[11],"their":[12,92,125,144,214],"academic":[13],"achievement":[14,235],"intraindividually":[15],"across":[16,231],"domains":[17],"to":[18,27,29,42,61,64,113,166,178,223],"form":[19],"domain-specific":[20],"self-concepts.":[21,168],"Upward":[22],"dimensional":[23,38,59,87,155,163,173,204],"comparisons":[24,39,60,88,156,164,174],"are":[25],"believed":[26],"lead":[28,41],"lower":[30,167],"self-concepts":[31,44,115,146],"in":[32,45,127,132,147,158],"the":[33,46,52,65,80,189,195,198,210,220],"worse-off":[34],"domain,":[35],"while":[36],"downward":[37,58,86,154,203],"should":[40],"higher":[43,159],"better-off":[47],"domain.":[48],"Furthermore,":[49,217],"DCT":[50,193],"net":[53,93,170,215],"effect":[54,171,221],"of":[55,83,116,172,192,197,200,213,241],"upward":[56,84,162,201],"and":[57,73,85,105,138,149,202,239],"be":[62,179,224],"beneficial":[63],"self.":[66],"To":[67],"test":[68],"these":[69],"assumptions,":[70],"3":[71,106],"experiments":[72],"2":[74,101,128],"field":[75],"studies":[76],"were":[77,111,229],"conducted":[78],"investigating":[79],"relative":[81],"effects":[82,199],"as":[89,91,227],"well":[90],"effect.":[94,216],"In":[95,151],"Studies":[96,133],"1":[97],"(N":[98,102,107,135,140],"=":[99,103,108,136,141],"149),":[100],"150)":[104],"300),":[109],"participants":[110,131],"asked":[112],"infer":[114],"fictitious":[117],"after":[119],"receiving":[120],"experimentally":[121],"manipulated":[122],"information":[123],"about":[124],"achievements":[126],"domains,":[129,234],"whereas":[130,161],"4":[134],"2,268)":[137],"5":[139],"20,662)":[142],"assessed":[143],"own":[145],"German":[148],"mathematics.":[150],"all":[152,249],"studies,":[153],"resulted":[157],"self-concepts,":[160],"led":[165],"The":[169,185],"was":[175],"always":[176],"found":[177],"not":[180,208],"statistically":[181],"different":[182,232],"from":[183],"zero.":[184],"findings":[186],"therefore":[187],"support":[188,209],"central":[190],"prediction":[191],"on":[194],"discreteness":[196],"comparisons,":[205],"yet":[206],"do":[207],"assumed":[211],"positivity":[212],"results":[218],"indicate":[219],"patterns":[222],"rather":[225],"universal":[226],"they":[228],"stable":[230],"samples,":[233],"situations,":[236],"research":[237],"designs,":[238],"types":[240],"assessment.":[242],"(PsycINFO":[243],"Database":[244],"Record":[245],"(c)":[246],"2017":[247],"APA,":[248],"rights":[250],"reserved)":[251]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-11-07T11:25:07.637180","created_date":"2017-02-17T00:00:00"}