Add to ORKGChild-rearing experts have long believed that praise is an effective means to help children with low self-esteem feel better about themselves. But should one praise these children for who they are, or for how they behave? Study 1 (N = 357) showed that adults are inclined to give children with low self-esteem more person praise (i.e., praise for personal qualities) but less process praise (i.e., praise for behavior) than they give children with high self-esteem. This inclination may backfire, however. Study 2 (N = 313; Mage = 10.4 years) showed that person praise, but not process praise, predisposes children, especially those with low self-esteem, to feel ashamed following failure. Consistent with attribution theory, person praise seems to m...
Praise is perhaps the most widely used technique to influence others. When used appropriately, prais...
Praising children is generally believed to have positive effects for educational purposes. However t...
Two studies were conducted to determine how gender and age moderate the long-term and post-failure m...
Child-rearing experts have long believed that praise is an effective means to help children with low...
Child-rearing experts have long believed that praise is an effective means to help children with low...
Children with low self-esteem are relatively unhappy with the kind of person they are. Adults might ...
In contemporary Western society, many adults use praise to boost children's self-esteem. Accordingly...
In current Western society, children are often lavished with inflated praise (e.g., “You made an inc...
In current Western society, children are often lavished with inflated praise (e.g., "You made an inc...
Conventional wisdom suggests that praising a child as a whole or praising his or her traits is benef...
In Western societies, parents and teachers often use praise in an attempt to increase children’s sel...
Western parents often give children overly positive, inflated praise. One perspective holds that inf...
Previous research has suggested that children praised for ability are more likely to attribute their...
Since the 1970s, Western parents have become increasingly concerned about raising children’s self-es...
The type of praise children receive influences whether children choose to persist after failure. One...
Praise is perhaps the most widely used technique to influence others. When used appropriately, prais...
Praising children is generally believed to have positive effects for educational purposes. However t...
Two studies were conducted to determine how gender and age moderate the long-term and post-failure m...
Child-rearing experts have long believed that praise is an effective means to help children with low...
Child-rearing experts have long believed that praise is an effective means to help children with low...
Children with low self-esteem are relatively unhappy with the kind of person they are. Adults might ...
In contemporary Western society, many adults use praise to boost children's self-esteem. Accordingly...
In current Western society, children are often lavished with inflated praise (e.g., “You made an inc...
In current Western society, children are often lavished with inflated praise (e.g., "You made an inc...
Conventional wisdom suggests that praising a child as a whole or praising his or her traits is benef...
In Western societies, parents and teachers often use praise in an attempt to increase children’s sel...
Western parents often give children overly positive, inflated praise. One perspective holds that inf...
Previous research has suggested that children praised for ability are more likely to attribute their...
Since the 1970s, Western parents have become increasingly concerned about raising children’s self-es...
The type of praise children receive influences whether children choose to persist after failure. One...
Praise is perhaps the most widely used technique to influence others. When used appropriately, prais...
Praising children is generally believed to have positive effects for educational purposes. However t...
Two studies were conducted to determine how gender and age moderate the long-term and post-failure m...