Social comparison and the drive upward revisited: Affiliation as a response to marital stress

Buunk, Bra M. P.; Yperen, Nico W. Van; Taylor, Shelley E.

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“…Most of the participants attributed positive reactions from each directional comparison. When upward comparisons were made with other homicide survivors, the cold case homicide survivors reported potentially being helped by those in a "better place" and a desire to achieve their level of healing, supporting previous research that details this trend (Buunk et al, 1991;Montada et al, 1992;Morrell et al, 2011). The sample indicated that they felt a bond with others who had experienced a homicide.…”

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Grief in Comparison: Use of Social Comparison Among Cold Case Homicide Survivors

Wellman

2014

Journal of Loss and Trauma

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 70%

“…Buunk, VanYperen, Taylor, and Collins (1991) conducted two studies to measure marital satisfaction and the use of upward affiliation (associating with individuals perceived as being in a better situation). Results indicated that women with high marital dissatisfaction preferred contact with women with higher levels of satisfaction.…”

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Grief in Comparison: Use of Social Comparison Among Cold Case Homicide Survivors

Wellman

2014

Journal of Loss and Trauma

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“…A number of recent survey studies have indeed shown that, when faced with distress and uncertainty, individuals are relatively more inclined to seek out social-comparison information (Buunk, 1995;Buunk, Schaufeli, & Ybema, 1994), and this also applies to uncertainty and distress in marriage (Buunk, VanYperen, Taylor, & Collins, 1991). This notion is directly relevant for women aiming at an egalitarian division of labor.…”

Section: Social Comparisonmentioning

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The Division of Labor Among Egalitarian and Traditional Women: Differences in Discontent, Social Comparison, and False Consensus

Buunk

Kluwer

Schuurman

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J Applied Social Pyschol

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G l~J n t n~~l i the 2 r / h o /undWe compared I I8 egalitarian women (subscribers to the Dutch feminist magazine Olci;) with 118 traditional women (subscribers to the widely read Dutch women's magazine .blurpie/). On average, egalitarian uomen had a more equal division of household labor at home than did traditional women but experienced more discontent about the division of labor in their relationship. Egalitarian women with an unequal division of labor experienced more discontent than did traditional women with an unequal division of labor. Relative to traditional women, egalitarian women more often compared their o u n contribution to housework with their partner's contribution (relational comparison) and with other \\.omen's division of labor (referential comparison). Compared to traditional women. egalitarian women gave higher prevalence estimates of both the percentage of Dutch women doing virtually all housework and the percentage ofuonien unhappy \\ith the division of labor.

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“…Masculine communication is characterized by greater emotional restraint, whereas women can express their feelings and emotions more fully and freely VASYURA in a conversation. Buunk, Vanyperen, Taylor, and Collins (1991) point out that women express stronger tendency toward affiliation than men do. Tannen (1991) has shown that men and women follow different rules of communication behavior.…”

Section: Palabras Clave: Actividad Comunicativa Género Individualidmentioning

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Psychology of Male and Female Communicative Activity

Vasyura

2008

Span. J. Psychol.

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The article features a brief overview of theoretical and empirical studies in communication psychology and sociability of men and women, boys and girls. Russian and foreign studies are summarized to point out that girls and women place greater emphasis on communication and interpersonal relations than do boys and men. Moreover, female communication is more emotional. The article presents the results of the author's own empirical study of male and female communicative activity. Communicative activity is viewed as a complex psychological phenomenon, a degree of the subject's willingness to interact. Communicative activity was studied with the test proposed by the Russian psychologist, Krupnov, and designed to detect the following components of communicative activity: dynamic (natural), emotional, motivational, cognitive, regulatory, productive, and two sorts of communication difficulties (operational and personal). Gender differences in communicative activity are shown on a sample of 480 participants aged 18-40 (240 men and 240 women). The article then describes communicative styles of adolescents (130 boys and 130 girls, aged 19-24). Various communicative styles are featured, including "energetic, businesslike," "conformal, emotional," "diplomatic, externally oriented" for boys and "energetic, sociable," "emotional, difficult," and "complaisant, expressive" for girls. Every person's individuality and gender identity are shown to impact their communicative style. Keywords: communicative activity, gender, integral individuality, style of communicative activityEl artículo presenta una revisión de los estudios teóricos y empíricos de la psicología de la comunicación y la sociabilidad de hombres y mujeres, chicos y chicas. Se resumen estudios rusos y extranjeros y se indica que chicas y mujeres ponen mayor énfasis en la comunicación y en las relaciones interpersonales que los chicos y hombres. Además, la comunicación femenina es más emotiva. El artículo presenta los resultados del estudio de la autora sobre la actividad comunicativa de varones y mujeres. La actividad comunicativa se ve como un fenómeno complejo psicológico, un grado de la voluntad del sujeto a interactuar. Se estudió la actividad comunicativa con el test propuesto por al psicólogo ruso, Krupnov, diseñado para detectar los siguientes componentes de la actividad comunicativa: dinámico (natural), emocional, motivacional, cognitivo, regulativo, productivo, y dos tipos de dificultades de comunicación (operacional y personal). Se observan las diferencias de género en la actividad comunicativa en una muestra de 480 participantes de edades entre 18-40 años (240 varones y 240 mujeres). El artículo describe estilos comunicativos de adolescentes (130 chicos y 130 chicas, edades entre 19-24). Se observan varios estilos comunicativos, incluyendo "energético" "práctico [businesslike]," "conformista, emocional," "diplomático, orientado externamente" para chicos y "energético, sociable," "emocional, difícil," y "complaciente, expresivo" para chicas. Se observa que la...

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Social comparison and the drive upward revisited: Affiliation as a response to marital stress

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Cited by 39 publications

References 32 publications

Grief in Comparison: Use of Social Comparison Among Cold Case Homicide Survivors

Grief in Comparison: Use of Social Comparison Among Cold Case Homicide Survivors

The Division of Labor Among Egalitarian and Traditional Women: Differences in Discontent, Social Comparison, and False Consensus

Psychology of Male and Female Communicative Activity

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