Changing Patterns of Academic Social Comparison Emotions Among High School Students in South Korea: Latent Profile Analyses

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Abstract

Adopting the theory of social comparison emotions (Festinger, 1954; Smith, 2000), the current study aimed to identify latent classes of engagement in academic social comparison emotions among high school students in South Korea. The participants were 299 high school students, and data were drawn from a larger dataset. Four types of academic social comparison emotions were measured: upward assimilation, upward contrast, downward assimilation, and downward contrast. Two latent profile analyses were conducted at Time 1 and Time 2 over a 6-month interval. At Time 1, a five-class model was selected, while at Time 2, a four-class model was selected. The findings will discuss students’ emotional responses to academic social comparison in a competitive learning environment.

Author

• Heejung Chun, Pukyong National University