Unconditional regard buffers children's negative self-feelings

Pediatrics

Volumn 134, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1119-1126

  Brummelman, Eddie ^a   Thomaes, Sander ^a,b   Walton, Gregory M ^c   Poorthuis, Astrid M G ^d   Overbeek, Geertjan ^d   De Castro, Bram Orobio ^a   Bushman, Brad J ^e,f  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Conditional regard; Early adolescence; Failure; Grades; Intervention; Negative self feelings; Unconditional regard

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC FAILURE; ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONDITIONAL REGARD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT; UNCONDITIONAL REGARD; WRITING; BEHAVIOR; CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REINFORCEMENT; SHAME; SOCIAL DISTANCE;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REINFORCEMENT, SOCIAL; SELF CONCEPT; SHAME; SOCIAL DISTANCE;

EID: 84913587327     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2013-3698     Document Type: Article

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