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Shiffrin Quoted by Grazia Magazine

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Professor of Psychology Holly Schiffrin was quoted by Grazia Magazine in an article titled “Psychologists agree: People born in the ’60s and ’70s aren’t resilient because of parenting, but because they learned to be alone.”

Research on the opposite style supports the idea. In a study of 297 American college students, Holly Schiffrin …

Schiffrin Quoted in Yahoo News Article

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Professor of Psychology Holly Schiffrin was quoted in a Yahoo News article titled “Aging parents who mean well but make their adult children feel smothered often say 9 phrases in casual conversation.” T

The article references research by Schiffrin and colleagues at the University of Mary Washington who studied over-controlling parenting in college …

Schiffrin Quoted in Article on Parental Burnout

Professor of Psychological Science Holly Schiffrin was quoted by the Italian online newspaper Open for an article titled “School closures are parents’ nightmares: what is “parental burnout”, how it manifests itself and how to fight it.”For the piece, Schiffrin said, “The growing pressure to be constantly present and involved parents not only translates into greater […]

Schiffrin, UMW Research Highlighted in Article on Parenting Habits

Professor of Psychological Science Holly Schiffrin was highlighted in an article from Newsbreak titled “The Parenting Habits That Quietly Make Your Child Resent You.” The piece noted that Schiffrin and her colleagues at UMW published findings in 2013 showing that college students with highly controlling parents reported significantly lower levels of life satisfaction, autonomy, and […]