TY - JOUR
T1 - The roles of praise and social comparison information in the experience of pride
AU - Webster, J. Matthew
AU - Duvall, Jamieson
AU - Gaines, Leslie M.
AU - Smith, Richard H.
PY - 2003/4/1
Y1 - 2003/4/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - College students
KW - Praise
KW - Pride
KW - Social comparison
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U2 - 10.1080/00224540309598441
DO - 10.1080/00224540309598441
M3 - Article
C2 - 12735519
AN - SCOPUS:0038653436
SN - 0022-4545
VL - 143
SP - 209
EP - 232
JO - Journal of Social Psychology
JF - Journal of Social Psychology
IS - 2
ER -