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	Social Comparison Scale (Online Contexts)	Iowa-Netherlands Social Comparison Orientation Scale
Ämnesområde	Sociala mediers psykologi	Sociala mediers psykologi
Familj	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Ursprungsår	2015	1999
Upphovsperson	Various researchers (Vogel, Wang, Suls & Wheeler)	Frederick X. Gibbons and Bram P. Buunk
Typ	Self-report	Self-report
Ursprungskälla	Wang, J. L., Wang, H. Z., Gaskin, J., & Wang, S. (2015). The role of stress and motivation in social networking sites adoption: From a perspective of uses and gratifications theory. Computers in Human Behavior, 48, 24–32.	Gibbons, F. X., & Buunk, B. P. (1999). Individual differences in social comparison: Development of a scale of social comparison orientation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 76(1), 129–142.
Alias	USCS, Social Comparison Orientation Online	INCOM, Gibbons-Buunk
Närliggande	4	4
Sammanfattning	The Social Comparison Scale for online contexts measures the frequency and intensity with which individuals compare themselves to peers on social media platforms, with emphasis on upward comparison (to those perceived as superior in attractiveness, success, wealth). Developed and refined by researchers including Vogel and Wang in the 2010s, this scale specifically captures social media-driven comparison processes distinct from general social comparison orientation.	The Iowa-Netherlands Comparison Orientation Measure (INCOM) is an 11-item self-report scale that assesses individual differences in the tendency to engage in social comparison—comparing oneself to others on abilities, attributes, and outcomes. Developed by Gibbons and Buunk in 1999, it captures both upward comparison (to those perceived as superior) and downward comparison (to those perceived as inferior), providing a trait-like measure of this fundamental social motivation.