When Mothers and Fathers Are Seen as Disproportionately Valuing Achievements: Implications for Adjustment Among Upper Middle Class Youth.

High achievement expectations and academic pressure from parents have been implicated in rising levels of stress and reduced well-being among adolescents. In this study of affluent, middle school youth, we examined how perceptions of parents' emphases on achievement (relative to prosocial behavior)...

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Published in:	Journal of Youth & Adolescence Vol. 46; no. 5; pp. 1057 - 1076
Main Authors:	Ciciolla, Lucia, Curlee, Alexandria, Karageorge, Jason, Luthar, Suniya
Format:	Article
Published:	Springer Nature May2017
Subjects:	Parent attitudes Academic achievement Goal (Psychology) Parenting Adolescent psychology Adaptability (Personality) Sensory perception Student attitudes Adolescence Psychological adaptation in adolescence Motivation (Psychology) in adolescence
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