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2025 APS Annual Convention

Social and Other Types of Comparison and Behavioral Outcomes: Insights across Contexts and Methodologies

Sunday, May 25, 2025 · Washington, DC

Oral · Social

This symposium explores the multifaceted role of social and other types of comparison in shaping behavior, integrating experimental, longitudinal, ecological momentary, and meta-analytic evidence. Presentations highlight comparisons in physical activity, social anxiety, and intervention design, informing future research and effective strategies for behavior change and mental health improvement.

Chairs & Discussants

  • Nexhmedin MorinaChair
    New School for Social Research

Presentations

  1. Comparing Comparisons: How Making Social and Temporal Comparisons Shapes Motivations and Intentions for ExerciseJason Rose
  2. Comparative Thinking and Social Anxiety in the Context of Daily Stressors and Life Events: Between- and within-Person ProcessesPascal Schlechter, Thole Hoppen, Thomas Meyer, Nexhmedin Morina
  3. .): Personalized, Adaptive, Physical Activity-Based Social Comparisons: A Real-Time Test of the Identification/Contrast Model to Explain Comparison ResponseDanielle Arigo, Emmanuel Lapitan, Iris Bercovitz, Anisha Satish, Andrea F. Lobo
  4. Social Comparison As a Behavior Change Technique: Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled TrialsNexhmedin Morina, Rieke Cuno, Frederike Lemmel, Pascal Schlechter, Thole Hoppen