Remember ______1______? [“Because I’m good enough, I’m smart enough, and doggonit, people like me.”] Well, if Stuart Smalley’s ______2______ makes you smile, you’re not alone. Because a new study shows that young people would rather ______3_____ their self-esteem than see a friend, have a drink or cash a big fat paycheck. The results appear in the Journal of Personality.
We all like feeling good about ourselves. But can a little praise really ______4_____ a slice of pizza, a great party or a wad of cash? College students were given a questionnaire. And they were asked to rate various activities based on how much they liked or wanted them. Things like: drinking, hanging with friends, having sex, and getting paid.
The results? Undergrads do like those things. But not as much as they say they like getting good grades or a compliment. Study author Brad Bushman says “American society seems to believe that self-esteem is the cure all for every social ill, from bad grades to teen pregnancies to violence. But there has been no evidence that _____5_____ actually helps with these problems. We may be too focused on increasing self-esteem.”
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affirmations shot in the arm pump up trump boosting self-esteem
获得尊重比其他更快乐 还记得自我肯定法吗？“我够好了，我够聪明了，真是该死，大家都这么喜欢我。”好吧，如果斯尔图特·斯莫利的一番鼓励让你咧嘴一笑的话，还有很多人跟你一样。因为新的研究发现，比起和朋友见面、喝酒或是兑换一张巨额支票，年轻人更渴望获得别人的尊重。此研究结果发表在《个性杂志》上。 我们都愿意对自己有个良好的感觉。但一个小小的称赞真的能击败一块比萨、一个很棒的聚会或一叠钞票吗？我们让大学生做一份调查问卷。他们需要根据自己对各种活动的喜好程度评价这些活动。这些活动包括：喝酒、与朋友在一起消磨时间、做爱、以及领工资等。 结果如何呢？学生们的确喜欢这些活动。但他们说得到好成绩和获得称赞比这些更加重要。此研究的带头人布拉德·布什曼说：“美国社会似乎认为自尊是解决所有社会问题的良药，包括成绩不好，青少年怀孕以及暴力行为等。但并没有迹象表明增加自尊可以帮助解决这些问题。我们也许过于看重提升自尊的重要性了。”