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In a new study, Florida State University Sociology Professor John R. Reynolds, the director of the Pepper Institute on Aging and Public Policy at Florida State, and co-author Chardie L. Baird, an assistant professor of sociology at Kansas State University, found no long-term emotional costs of aiming high and falling short when it comes to educational aspirations, despite several social psychological theories that would seem to suggest otherwise.
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Depression is one of the most common mental disorders affecting approximately 340 million people in the world. No one is immune from depression - it occurs in people of all social classes, all countries and all cultural settings.
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"We should not be in a hurry to dissuade these students from planning to go to college," Reynolds said. "In fact, the only way to guarantee negative mental health outcomes is not trying. Aiming high and failing is not consequential for mental health, while trying may lead to higher achievements and the mental and material benefits that go along with those achievements."
"Is There a Downside to Shooting for the Stars? Unrealized Educational Expectations and Symptoms of Depression," was published in the American Sociological Review.
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A wise person once said, It is better to shoot for the stars and miss than aim at the gutter and hit it.
A wise person once said, It is better to shoot for the stars and miss than aim at the gutter and hit it.
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