A
study by PsychTests.com
indicates that children who are punished when they fail may develop a fear of
failure and challenge.
Montreal,
Canada – June 12, 2018 – Helicopter or Free Range? Authoritarian or
Authoritative? Whatever child-rearing style a parent adopts will have an
undeniable impact on a child’s development, from social skills to self-esteem
to how they cope with failure. In fact, recent research from PsychTests reveals
that parents who take a supportive or proactive approach when their child fails
– encouraging them, tutoring them, helping them study – are more likely to
raise children who are ambitious, confident, and self-motivated. Children whose
parents punish failure, however, may grow to fear it.
Collecting
data from 1,304 people who took their Ambition Test, researchers at
PsychTests divided the sample into four groups:
- The Punishment Group: Comprised of people (of all ages) whose parents used punishment when they failed as children or teens (e.g. grounding them, taking away privileges, chastising them, etc.).
- The Dismissive Group: Comprised of people whose parents didn’t care or didn’t make a big deal of failure.
- The Hands-on Group: Comprised of people whose parents took a direct and participative approach to failure (e.g. working side-by-side with the child to help them learn material, offering study tips, tutoring them or finding a tutor, etc.).
- The Supportive Group: Comprised of people whose parents did not get angry when they failed, but who also did not let them off easy. Parents in this group were firm yet encouraging (e.g. “Try harder, study more, practice more,” etc.).
According
to PsychTests study, each group’s approach to goals, challenges, obstacles,
success, and failure noticeably differed:
Have
turned down opportunities for fear of not being able to live up to the challenge
- 42% of the Punishment Group
- 34% of the Dismissive Group
- 23% of the Hands-on Group
- 25% of the Supportive Group
Satisfied
with their job
- 36% of the Punishment Group
- 34% of the Dismissive Group
- 51% of the Hands-on Group
- 49% of the Supportive Group
Strive
to achieve top honors at school/work
- 51% of the Punishment Group
- 51% of the Dismissive Group
- 66% of the Hands-on Group
- 58% Supportive Group
Enjoy
intellectual stimulation
- 54% of the Punishment Group
- 53% of the Dismissive Group
- 66% of the Hands-on Group
- 63% of the Supportive Group
Strive
to practice healthy lifestyle habits
- 49% of the Punishment Group
- 57% of the Dismissive Group
- 61% of the Hands-on Group
- 50% of the Supportive Group
Achieve
their New Year’s resolution
- 20% of the Punishment Group
- 20% of the Dismissive Group
- 32% of the Hands-on Group
- 25% of the Supportive Group
Will
give up on a goal as soon as they hit the first obstacle
- 17% of the Punishment Group
- 14% of the Dismissive Group
- 6% of the Hands-on Group
- 8% of the Supportive Group
Motivated
to improve themselves
- 73% of the Punishment Group
- 74% of the Dismissive Group
- 84% of the Hands-on Group
- 80% of the Supportive Group
Have
goals in mind that they would like to achieve
- 82% of the Punishment Group
- 75% of the Dismissive Group
- 85% of the Hands-on Group
- 84% of the Supportive Group
Receive
good performance ratings at work
- 57% of the Punishment Group
- 51% of the Dismissive Group
- 56% of the Hands-on Group
- 59% of the Supportive Group
Enjoy
learning new skills
- 58% of the Punishment Group
- 53% of the Dismissive Group
- 61% of the Hands-on Group
- 61% of the Supportive Group
Believe
that they can achieve whatever they set their mind to
- 77% of the Punishment Group
- 77% of the Dismissive Group
- 85% of the Hands-on Group
- 82% of the Supportive Group
Are
surprised/shocked when they excel at something or do well on an assignment
- 38% of the Punishment Group
- 35% of the Dismissive Group
- 33% of the Hands-on Group
- 30% of the Supportive Group
Aiming
for or have already achieved the highest possible education in their field
- 62% of the Punishment Group
- 57% of the Dismissive Group
- 65% of the Hands-on Group
- 69% of the Supportive Group
Shy
away from challenges
- 14% of the Punishment Group
- 15% of the Dismissive Group
- 9% of the Hands-on Group
- 9% of the Supportive Group
“We’ve
known for decades that parenting style has a significant impact on a child’s
development, but the debate between offering tough love vs. loving support
still lingers,” explains Dr. Jerabek, president of PsychTests.
“Some parents are afraid that if they’re too lenient, their children will
become wayward and difficult to control. Others worry that if they’re too
tough, their child will grow to resent them, or rebel. In an age of ‘helicopter
parenting’ and in light of backlashes against purportedly ‘self-entitled’
Millennials, new parents are likely to be confused about the best way to raise
their children. However, research on parenting style, including ours, points to
the same, enduring trend: Hands-on and supportive parenting tends to yield more
benefits. This translates into an authoritative parenting style - being firm and
setting boundaries, but also being supportive and offering encouragement. These
parenting styles are generally on par, but as our study reveals, a supportive
style is ideal in some situations, while a more hands-on style is necessary in
others. Overall, however, children reared with an authoritative parenting
approach tend to be happier, more confident, ambitious, and perseverant. Tough
love may work under certain extreme circumstances, but it shouldn’t be a
parent’s sole approach.”
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PsychTests
AIM Inc. originally appeared on the internet scene in 1996. Since its
inception, it has become a pre-eminent provider of psychological assessment
products and services to human resource personnel, therapists, academics,
researchers and a host of other professionals around the world. PsychTests AIM
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