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My Child Redeems My Broken Dreams: On Parents Transferring Their Unfulfilled Ambitions onto Their Child
From the early days of psychology, theorists have observed that parents sometimes transfer their own unfulfilled ambitions onto their child. We propose that parents are especially inclined to do so when they see their child as part of themselves, more so than as a separate individual. When parents s...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3686790/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23840325 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0065360 |
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author | Brummelman, Eddie Thomaes, Sander Slagt, Meike Overbeek, Geertjan de Castro, Bram Orobio Bushman, Brad J. |
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description | From the early days of psychology, theorists have observed that parents sometimes transfer their own unfulfilled ambitions onto their child. We propose that parents are especially inclined to do so when they see their child as part of themselves, more so than as a separate individual. When parents see their child as part of themselves, their child’s achievements may easily come to function as a surrogate for parents’ own unfulfilled ambitions. In the present experiment, 73 parents (89% women, M (age) = 43 years) were randomly assigned to reflect on either their own or others’ unfulfilled ambitions. Results showed that, when faced with their own unfulfilled ambitions, parents who see their child as part of themselves want their child to fulfill their unfulfilled ambitions. This study provides the first experimental evidence to suggest that parents may desire their child to redeem their broken dreams. |
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spelling | pubmed-36867902013-07-09 My Child Redeems My Broken Dreams: On Parents Transferring Their Unfulfilled Ambitions onto Their Child Brummelman, Eddie Thomaes, Sander Slagt, Meike Overbeek, Geertjan de Castro, Bram Orobio Bushman, Brad J. PLoS One Research Article From the early days of psychology, theorists have observed that parents sometimes transfer their own unfulfilled ambitions onto their child. We propose that parents are especially inclined to do so when they see their child as part of themselves, more so than as a separate individual. When parents see their child as part of themselves, their child’s achievements may easily come to function as a surrogate for parents’ own unfulfilled ambitions. In the present experiment, 73 parents (89% women, M (age) = 43 years) were randomly assigned to reflect on either their own or others’ unfulfilled ambitions. Results showed that, when faced with their own unfulfilled ambitions, parents who see their child as part of themselves want their child to fulfill their unfulfilled ambitions. This study provides the first experimental evidence to suggest that parents may desire their child to redeem their broken dreams. Public Library of Science 2013-06-19 /pmc/articles/PMC3686790/ /pubmed/23840325 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0065360 Text en © 2013 Brummelman et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Brummelman, Eddie Thomaes, Sander Slagt, Meike Overbeek, Geertjan de Castro, Bram Orobio Bushman, Brad J. My Child Redeems My Broken Dreams: On Parents Transferring Their Unfulfilled Ambitions onto Their Child |
title | My Child Redeems My Broken Dreams: On Parents Transferring Their Unfulfilled Ambitions onto Their Child |
title_full | My Child Redeems My Broken Dreams: On Parents Transferring Their Unfulfilled Ambitions onto Their Child |
title_fullStr | My Child Redeems My Broken Dreams: On Parents Transferring Their Unfulfilled Ambitions onto Their Child |
title_full_unstemmed | My Child Redeems My Broken Dreams: On Parents Transferring Their Unfulfilled Ambitions onto Their Child |
title_short | My Child Redeems My Broken Dreams: On Parents Transferring Their Unfulfilled Ambitions onto Their Child |
title_sort | my child redeems my broken dreams: on parents transferring their unfulfilled ambitions onto their child |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3686790/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23840325 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0065360 |
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