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116c. East Asians don't respond to intrinsic motivation, and other gems

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The More You Pressure Your Children Harder, the Happier They Are

Popular press has portrayed Asian students' achievement as coming at a high price of their psychological well-being. Available data do not support this view, according to the author. A study comparing Chinese, Japanese and American high school students' psychological adjustment in relation to parental and school pressure found that despite their reports of higher parental expectation they had fewer adjustment problems than U.S. peers.

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