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Social Comparison is an individual's tendency to evaluate self competence by comparing
competencies and self-opinion with other individual competencies and opinions, in order to
achieve a certain superior position. In this study, the preparation of the measurement
instrument was based on the distribution of data contributed by 60 active students of the
Faculty of Psychology at Atma Jaya Catholic University, Jakarta, as participants. Measuring
instruments are arranged based on aspects that are assumed to form Social Comparison,
namely perceptions of certain standards, perceptions of comparative opinions and perceptions
of competencies Garcia, Tor and Schiff, 2013; Garcia, Tor and Gonzales, 2006). Based on
knowledge of test construction, 22 items were arranged. From the results of data analysis
with SPSS version 20, there were 15 items that were declared valid, with a validity score
greater than 0.3. These 15 items show reliability of 0.819. Thus, the Social Comparison
measuring instrument is stated to meet the rules of validity and reliability, and can be used as
a measure of behavior.