Within-subject achievement effects in the classic I/E model confound social and dimensional comparisons; using the math–verbal achievement difference as predictor isolates each comparison type¶
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q2 i2 In the I/E model, effects of achievements on self-concepts within subjects represent not only social comparison effects but the difference between positive social and negative dimensional comparison effects; reinterpreting Möller et al.'s (2020) meta-analytic betas yields social comparison effects of about β = .36 in the math domain. → Fabian Wolff · Jens Möller 2022
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Fabian Wolff · Jens Möller 2022¶
Fabian Wolff · Jens Möller. (2022). An Individual Participant Data Meta-analysis of the Joint Effects of Social, Dimensional, and Temporal Comparisons on Students' Academic Self-Concepts. Educational Psychology Review (2022) 34:2569–2608. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-022-09686-1
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Analytical argument (with an algebraic rearrangement of the I/E regression equation) showing the within-subject path equals W + B, so social and dimensional influences are confounded. The article derives that prior meta-analytic social effects were "about β = .36 (= .55–.19) in the math domain".
"in the I/E model, the effects of achievements on self-concepts within subjects represent not only effects of social comparisons but also the difference between (positive) social comparison effects and (negative) dimensional comparison effects"
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Related Claims¶
- Dimensional comparisons: achievement–self-concept paths are positive in similar subjects but negative in dissimilar subjects — related
- The 2I/E model is supported: social comparison effects are moderate, dimensional comparison effects small to moderate, and temporal comparison effects small on math and verbal self-concepts — related
- Within-domain effects in the difference I/E model decrease after controlling for between-domain effects when classic I/E between-domain effects are negative — related
- Negative frame-of-reference effects are hypothesized to be truncated in pure self-efficacy measures relative to self-concept measures — related
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Within-subject achievement effects in the classic I/E model confound social and dimensional comparisons; using the math–verbal achievement difference as predictor isolates each comparison type |
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Within-subject achievement effects in the classic I/E model confound social and dimensional comparisons; using the math–verbal achievement difference as predictor isolates each comparison type |
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