"Adolescents' affective and neural responses to parental praise and cri" by Lisanne A.E.M. van Houtum, Geert Jan Will et al.
Social feedback from parents has a profound impact on the development of a child's self-concept. Yet, little is known about adolescents’ affective and neural responses to parental social feedback, such as criticism or praise. Adolescents (n = 63) received standardized social feedback supposedly provided by their mother or father in the form of appraisals about their personality (e.g., ‘respectful’, ‘lazy’) during fMRI scanning. After each feedback word, adolescents reported their ...
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