Journal Article Social Comparison and the Idealized Images of Advertising Get access Marsha L. Richins Marsha L. Richins Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Journal of Consumer Research, Volume 18, Issue 1, June 1991, Pages 71–83, https://doi.org/10.1086/209242 Published: 01 June 1991 Article history Received: 01 April 1990 Revision received: 01 October 1990 Published: 01 June 1991