How Perceptions of the Accuracy of Parental Praise and Criticism Link With Child Adjustment: The Mediating Role of Perfectionism.

Autor: Xing H; Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China., Yao M; Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China. mlyao@bnu.edu.cn., Liu H; Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China. hrliu@bnu.edu.cn.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of youth and adolescence [J Youth Adolesc] 2024 Dec 24. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Dec 24.
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-024-02125-0
Abstrakt: Accurate parental praise and criticism congruent with child performance-often ignored-might have lasting impacts on child development. This study explored whether the levels of the accuracy (from deflated to accurate to inflated) of parental praise and criticism perceived by children linked to a risk for their maladjustment (i.e., showing negative affect, failure-is-debilitating mindset, and academic self-handicapping) in a nonlinear way and perfectionism acted as a mediator. Data were collected on 1230 early adolescents (44.9% girls; M age  = 11.0 years, SD = 1.6) who resided in Chinese county towns with their parents. Applying polynomial regression and response surface analysis (RSA), the results showed that (a) Chinese children perceived parents' tendency to slightly overpraise and overcriticize them; (b) perceptions of inflated and deflated parental praise and criticism were associated with higher levels of maladjustment outcomes; and (c) perfectionism played a mediating role in some cases. This study reveals the nonlinear and combined effects of the accuracy of parental praise and criticism and emphasizes the benefits of parental feedback commensurate with children's actual performance.
Competing Interests: Compliance with ethical standards. Conflict of interest: The authors declare no competing interests. Ethical approval: The procedures conducted in studies involving human participants were in line with the ethical standards of the Beijing Normal University institutional research committee and in accordance with its ethical standards. Informed Consent: Informed consent was obtained from all student participants involved in the study, their classroom teachers, and the principals of the participating schools.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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