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Zoete woorden met een bittere nasmaak

Kan het complimenteren van kinderen met lage zelfwaardering averechts werken? Reisverslag

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Praise, like penicillin, must not be administered haphazardly. There are rules and cautions that govern the handling of potent medicines – rules about timing and dosage, cautions about possible allergic reactions. There are similar regulations about the administration of emotional medicine.

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  1. afdeling Ontwikkelingspsychologie, Universiteit Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 1, 3584, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Eddie Brummelman

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E. Brummelman, MSc, is promovendus aan afdeling Ontwikkelingspsychologie van Universiteit Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 1, 3584 cs Utrecht. E-mail: e.brummelman@uu.nl.

Dit onderzoek wordt ondersteund door de Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO; Grant 431-09-022). Het experiment naar de gevolgen van opgeblazen complimenten (Brummelman, Thomaes, Orobio de Castro e.a., 2014, Study 3) was onderdeel van Science Live, het innovatieve onderzoeksprogramma van Science Center nemo Amsterdam, dat wetenschappers toestaat om nemo-bezoekers ter plekke te laten deelnemen aan onderzoek.

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Brummelman, E. Zoete woorden met een bittere nasmaak. KIND ADOLESC. 35, 108–112 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12453-014-0014-7

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