The big-fish-little-pond effect under the grill : tests of its universality, a search for moderators and the role of social comparison

Marjorie Seaton; Herbert W. Marsh; Rhonda G. Craven

The big-fish-little-pond effect under the grill : tests of its universality, a search for moderators and the role of social comparison

Marjorie Seaton, Herbert W. Marsh, Rhonda G. Craven

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![CDATA[Research has consistently demonstrated that students in academically selective environments have lower academic self-concepts than students of equal aptitude who are educated in non-selective environments (e.g., Marsh & Hau, 2003; Marsh et al., 2008) – the big-fish-little-pond effect (BFLPE). In the present investigation, four studies are described that extended current theory, knowledge, and research regarding the BFLPE. Using the Program for International Student Assessment (2003) database, the robustness of the BFLPE was tested cross-culturally in Study 1 and across a range of individual characteristics in Study 2. Studies 3 and 4 explored the relation between social comparison processes and the BFLPE. Results from these studies defined the BFLPE as externally valid and universally applicable and suggest that it is not moderated by selected social comparisons.]]

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 5th International Biennial SELF Research Conference 2009: Enabling Human Potential: The Centrality of Self and Identity, 13-15 January 2009, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Publisher	University of Oxford
Number of pages	18
Publication status	Published - 2011
Event	International Biennial SELF Research Conference - Duration: 13 Jan 2009 → …

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Conference	International Biennial SELF Research Conference
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Seaton, M., Marsh, H. W., & Craven, R. G. (2011). The big-fish-little-pond effect under the grill : tests of its universality, a search for moderators and the role of social comparison. In Proceedings of the 5th International Biennial SELF Research Conference 2009: Enabling Human Potential: The Centrality of Self and Identity, 13-15 January 2009, Dubai, United Arab Emirates University of Oxford.

Seaton, Marjorie ; Marsh, Herbert W. ; Craven, Rhonda G. / The big-fish-little-pond effect under the grill : tests of its universality, a search for moderators and the role of social comparison. Proceedings of the 5th International Biennial SELF Research Conference 2009: Enabling Human Potential: The Centrality of Self and Identity, 13-15 January 2009, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. University of Oxford, 2011.

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Seaton M, Marsh HW, Craven RG. The big-fish-little-pond effect under the grill : tests of its universality, a search for moderators and the role of social comparison. In Proceedings of the 5th International Biennial SELF Research Conference 2009: Enabling Human Potential: The Centrality of Self and Identity, 13-15 January 2009, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. University of Oxford. 2011

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