The roles of praise and social comparison information in the experience of pride

J. Matthew Webster, Jamieson Duvall, Leslie M. Gaines, Richard H. Smith

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Abstract

The authors examined the roles of social comparisons, publicity of success, and praise on the experience of pride in an experiment in which college students successfully completed a timed intelligence task in private and later received 1 of 4 types of feedback from the experimenter: no feedback (private), mere public acknowledgment of completion, general praise containing both a public and an evaluative component, or praise containing explicit comparison information. Half of the participants also received written normative information suggesting they performed at a high level. Participants then completed a number of dependent measures, including a key measure of pride. Overall, results suggest that the public aspect of a performance, together with the superior standing suggested by any praise accompanying this publicity, is important in the experience of pride.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)209-232
Number of pages24
JournalJournal of Social Psychology
Volume143
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 1 2003

Keywords

  • College students
  • Praise
  • Pride
  • Social comparison

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Social Psychology

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