Bibliographic citations
Escalante, C., (2023). Orientación a la comparación social, autoestima y satisfacción con la vida en estudiantes universitarios [Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú]. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12404/26559
Escalante, C., Orientación a la comparación social, autoestima y satisfacción con la vida en estudiantes universitarios []. PE: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú; 2023. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12404/26559
@misc{renati/11859,
title = "Orientación a la comparación social, autoestima y satisfacción con la vida en estudiantes universitarios",
author = "Escalante Álvarez, Carlo David",
publisher = "Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú",
year = "2023"
}
The purpose of this research was to study the relationship between social comparison orientation (SCO), self-esteem and life satisfaction in a group of 82 university students from Lima, Perú. The participants completed Spanish versions of Scale for Social Comparison Orientation (INCOM), the Rosenberg’s Self-Esteem Scale (EAR), and Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), alongside a sociodemographic questionnaire. The results indicated that there was a significant and negative correlation between SCO and self-esteem (r = -.34, p < .01), and a significant and positive correlation between self-esteem and life satisfaction (r = .55, p < .01), besides not finding a correlation between the latter with social comparison orientation. Likewise, comparisons of means according to sex and age groups were made and significant differences were found in life satisfaction, where women reported higher levels of satisfaction than men, and in OCS, where people younger than 29 had a higher OCS. These results indicate that the greater the tendency to compare oneself with other people, the lower levels of people's self-esteem and the other way around. This could become relevant during pandemic context or similar situations of social uncertainty, since people have a greater need to compare themselves with others.
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