This chapter focusses on the emotional consequences of comps. He argues: Both upward and downward comps can lead to both pos and neg affective consequences. Whether assimil or contrast occurs depends heavily on the perceived control.
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Smith, R. H. (2000). Assimilative and Contrastive Emotional Reactions to Upward and Downward Social Comparisons. In Handbook of Social Comparison (pp. 173–200). Springer US. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4237-7_10
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