March 28, 2024

Schiffrin Quoted on Parents Excessive Involvement in College Course Choices

Professor of Psychology Holly Schiffrin

Professor of Psychology Holly Schiffrin

A study completed by Professor of Psychology Holly Schiffrin was cited in an article in The News Minute entitled “How Much Freedom do Students have while Choosing their Undergraduate Course?”

One study in the Journal of Child and Family Studies found that parents’ excessive involvement in their children’s lives yields unfavourable results. The lead author Holly Schiffrin argues, ‘Parents are sending an unintentional message to their children that they are not competent.’ This is in turn, could result in feelings of depression and dissatisfaction.”

https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/how-much-freedom-do-students-have-while-choosing-their-undergraduate-course-101901

How much freedom do students have while choosing their undergraduate course? (The News Minute)

Develop a Gratitude Attitude (Max Sports & Fitness)

Miriam Liss and Holly Schiffrin, “Balancing the Big Stuff: Finding Happiness in Work, Family, and Life” (Rowman and Littlefield, 2014)

Miriam Liss and Holly Schiffrin Book Featured on Player FM

Miriam Liss and Holly Schiffrin, “Balancing the Big Stuff: Finding Happiness in Work, Family, and Life” (Rowman and Littlefield, 2014)

Balancing work and a personal life can be a challenge for many of us, and we often make things worse by buying into myths that interfere with our effectiveness and happiness but are unsupported by social science.

https://player.fm/series/new-books-network-2421422/miriam-liss-and-holly-schiffrin-balancing-the-big-stuff-finding-happiness-in-work-family-and-life-rowman-and-littlefield-2014

Miriam Liss, Holly Schiffrin Interviewed for Podcast

In an interview called “Balancing the Big Stuff” with offtheclockpsych.com, psychology professors and authors Drs. Miriam Liss and Holly Schiffrin talk about their book, Balancing the Big Stuff: Finding Happiness in Work, Family, and Life

You can check out the podcast here: https://www.offtheclockpsych.com/podcast/balancing-big-stuff

 

Balancing the Big Stuff with Drs. Miriam Liss and Holly Schiffrin (offtheclockpsych.com)

Schiffrin Study Appears in Brainly.com Question

A question about a study led by Psychology Professor Holly Schiffrin recently appeared on Brainly.com:

“As maintained in ‘r u friends 4 real?,’ a 2010 study with 99 undergraduates led by holly schiffrin, a psychology professor at the university of mary washington, found that those who spent more time on the internet reported:”

(You have to join to find out the answer.)

Homework Therapists’ Job: Help Solve Math Problems, and Emotional Ones (The New York Times)

What Parents Can Learn From a Town That Produced 11 Olympians (The New York Times)