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Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:
Teenagers are less likely to cooperate and put effort into their mother's requests when they are said in a controlling tone of voice, researchers have found.
Speaking to a son or daughter in a pressurising tone is also accompanied by a range of negative emotions and less feelings of closeness, a new study has discovered.
The experimental study involving over 1000 adolescents aged 14-15 is the first to examine how subjects respond to the tone of voice when receiving instructions from their mothers, even when the specific words that are used are exactly the same.
Lead author of the study Dr Netta Weinstein, from Cardiff University, said: "If parents want conversations with their teens to have the most benefit, it's important to remember to use supportive tones of voice. It's easy for parents to forget, especially if they are feeling stressed, tired, or pressured themselves."
The study showed that subjects were much more likely to engage with instructions that conveyed a sense of encouragement and support for self-expression and choice.
The results, whilst of obvious interest to parents, could also be of relevance to schoolteachers whose use of more motivational language could impact the learning and well-being of students in their classrooms.
"Adolescents likely feel more cared about and happier, and as a result they try harder at school, when parents and teachers speak in supportive rather than pressuring tones of voice," Dr Weinstein continued.
The new study, published today in the journal Developmental Psychology[*], involved 486 males and 514 females, aged 14-15.
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(Score: 1) by i286NiNJA on Wednesday October 02 2019, @10:27PM (3 children)
Women can always find a man to hurt people for them. If it makes you feel better my dad blew his brains out and I've managed to bring trouble to some of the other enablers as an adult.
By the way I left my six figure fortune 50 job at noon today so I could smoke weed. This is possible because I maintain a zero asshole lifestyle inspired by lovely parents.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday October 02 2019, @11:29PM (2 children)
Am I supposed to be impressed that you're a backstabbing, ladder climbing prick instead of a micromanaging one?
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 1) by i286NiNJA on Thursday October 03 2019, @10:40PM (1 child)
Why would you antagonistically troll the same forum you're supposed to moderate? I don't understand.
In that same vein you're barely able to moderate an internet forum so of course you can't handle any sort of professional authority. I haven't had a boss say anything remotely nasty to me in over a decade and these workplaces are more productive and much less stressful than anywhere I'd worked in my younger days. Sure I see people get fired or whatever but at least they don't have to worry about some shitheel boss rubbing it in and getting their jollies off over the incident.
I do understand how terrifying it must be for you to think that someone from your past would track down folks with current grievances and give them the tools to hold you accountable. Totally unfair right?
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Sunday October 06 2019, @04:26AM
That ain't trolling and this forum is fairly well unmoderated. It's just a case of you come at me talking shit and you're not going to get hugs and puppies in return.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.