Parents' expectations, styles can harm college students' self-esteem
Friday, August 15, 2008 - 12:07
in Psychology & Sociology
Mom and Dad are going to flip out over my 3.3 GPA and failure to land a top internship. Such anxieties, common among college students, can harm self-esteem and make it more difficult to adjust to school. But a new University of Central Florida study has found that students' anxieties often are based on exaggerated perceptions of what their parents expect.
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