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Big-fish-little-pond effects on gymnastics self-concept: Social comparison processes in a physical setting
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In sport/exercise contexts, individuals use the performances of others to evaluate their own competence. In big-fish-little-pond effect (BFLPE) in educational settings, academic self-concept is positively predicted by one's academic achievement but negatively predicted by the average achievement of others in one's school or class. Participation in programs for academically gifted students leads to lower self-concept. In apparently the first test of the BFLPE in the physical domain, multilevel...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- Human Kinetics
- Journal:
- Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology More from this journal
- Volume:
- 27
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 53-70
- Publication date:
- 2005-03-01
- ISSN:
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0895-2779
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103229
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2012-12-19
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- Copyright holder:
- Human Kinetics, Inc
- Copyright date:
- 2005
- Notes:
- Copyright © 2005 Human Kinetics, Inc.
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