Effect of academic comparisons on the subjective well-being of Chinese secondary school students

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Yinghua Ye
Weihui Mei
Yaoyao Liu
Xiuming Li
Cite this article:  Ye, Y., Mei, W., Liu, Y., & Li, X. (2012). Effect of academic comparisons on the subjective well-being of Chinese secondary school students. Social Behavior and Personality: An international journal, 40(8), 1233-1238.


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We studied the effect of academic comparisons on the subjective well-being (SWB) of 330 students from 3 Chinese secondary schools. The results showed that the SWB of Chinese secondary school students (a) is relatively low; (b) is affected primarily by 4 demographic factors, namely, grade, gender, academic achievements, and family financial background; and (c) is significantly affected by academic comparisons in that self-comparison, upward comparison, and parallel comparison have a positive impact on SWB, and downward comparison has a negative impact on SWB. Both parents and teachers should guide students to draw appropriate academic comparisons.

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