New study: Overbearing parents foster obsessive children

Thursday, September 18, 2008 - 12:28 in Psychology & Sociology

A new study has found that parental control directly influences whether a child will develop a harmonious or obsessive passion for their favorite hobby. Conducted by Professor Geneviève Mageau, of the Université de Montréal's Department of Psychology, the study will be published this fall edition of the Journal of Personality.

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