J1” Comparisons With Other People. The experience of well-being is sometimes partly determined by perceptions of relevant similarity with, or difference from, the situation or characteristic of other people (judgment J1). Such comparative perception can create a reference point against which one’s own well-being can be evaluated. Processes of that kind were illustrated by Wheeler and Miyake (1992), who asked students to record details of social comparisons made over a 2-week period. Reported downward comparisons (against people considered to be worse off than oneself) were found to be associated with subsequent more positive feelings (see also Wheeler, 2000).