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Parents who consider their kids to be " more special than other children" and feel that they "deserve something extra in life" m

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问题     Parents who consider their kids to be " more special than other children" and feel that they "deserve something extra in life" may now be characterized not only as annoying, but also as responsible for bringing one more self-important narcissist into society.
    New research out of the Netherlands published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that children who were overvalued by their parents scored higher on tests to identify narcissism(自恋)than their peers.
    " Children believe it when their parents tell them that they are more special than others. That may not be good for them or for society," Brad Bushman, co-author of the study and an Ohio State University professor, said in a statement.
    Eddie Brummelman, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands and another author on the study, noted that parents often think telling children how special they are compared with their peers will boost their self-confidence. But narcissism is not just a more extreme form of self-confidence: people with high-esteem do not think they’re better than others. According to his research, the more narcissistic children did not necessarily express more self-confidence. "Rather than raising self-esteem, overvaluing practices may inadvertently raise levels of narcissism," Brummelman said.
    Over two years, the team evaluated 565 children in the Netherlands who were between the ages of 7 and 11 years old when the study began. They asked parents how much they agreed with statements like, "My child is a great example for other children to follow," and whether or not they believed their children would have knowledge of various historical and cultural figures and topics, like " Neil Armstrong. " Eventually, the researchers began including entirely fictional figures and topics, " Queen Alberta. " The parents raising little narcissists would often fall for it. " Overvaluing parents tended to claim that their children had knowledge of many different topics—even these nonexistent ones," Brummelman said.
    While parental "overvaluing" was associated with narcissistic offspring, parental warmth was not. Children of parents who expressed warmth by telling their children they loved them, but who did not engage in "overvaluing" behavior, were more likely to agree with statements that suggested they were " happy with themselves as a person and liked the kind of person they were. " In short, parental warmth appears to be closely linked to self-confident kids, not narcissistic kids. The researchers conclude that expressing warmth is key to promoting healthy self-confidence in children.
    Bushman, who is a father of three children, said his research has made him rethink his own parenting style. " When I first started doing this research in the 1990s, I used to think my children should be treated like they were extra-special. I’m careful not to do that now," he said.
The new research out of Netherlands reveals______.
选项 A、why parents could be narcissistic about their children
B、who should be responsible for new narcissists in society
C、how parental love would possibly influence their children
D、what outcome parental overvaluing may bring about
答案D
解析 事实细节题。第二段提到，被父母过高评价的孩子与同龄人相比在识别自恋意识的测试中得分更高，由此可知，父母对孩子过高评价造成的后果可能是孩子比同龄人更加自恋，因此答案为D)。A)“为什么父母可能会对自己的孩子有自恋倾向”，这句是对原文的曲解，有自恋倾向的主体是孩子，而不是父母，故排除；B)“谁应该为社会上的新自恋者负责”，作者已经很明确地指出一些父母应该为产生新自恋者负责，这并不是该文讨论的重点，因此B)不符合文意，故排除；C)“父母的关爱会如何影响他们的孩子”，此句陈述过于宽泛，不能准确概括原文的信息，故排除。
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