“Poison for the psyche”: what makes students create

Above all, the children and adolescents – more than 14,000 were interviewed – stated that the pressure to perform was created. Almost half strive for perfection, the survey of the “Mental Health Days” initiative showed in 138 schools in eight federal states.

Every second one wants to be perfect

The number was particularly surprising that 49.7 percent of children and adolescents – 9,939 answers were valid – want to be perfect. The initiator of the “Mental Health Days”, Golli Marboe, arises when presenting the numbers on Thursday whether perfectionism is “poison for the psyche”. “Being the best is not durable in the long run,” said Barbara Haid, President of the Austrian Federal Association for Psychotherapy (ÖBVP). “Because this endeavor to be very good, to be perfect, we humans stabilize our self -worth.” But then other people would come into play and you try to be just as perfect in their eyes. “Always being the first is not going on,” said Haid. “We are in a vicious circle. Because perfectionism is not available to us humans.” Defeats must also be handled.

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What puts the most pressure on children and young people is the school with 6,163 mentions. The grades are called 551 times. The naming of the legal guardians is also surprisingly high as a means of pressure (1,174 times). “Very few parents do this in evil,” said Haid. Most parents are concerned that their children can grow up well and healthy. “And they are often worried when they do not perform well at school that they simply do not have a good life in the medium term.” Parents would also unconsciously project their children, who are not fulfilled, longings, longings, professional opportunities. That is why sensitization is so important, said the ÖBVP president.

Increasing pressure to perform

The teachers also see the increasing pressure to perform among their students and gave this problem 727 times of 2,514 applicable answers. Bullying was called 444 times. But cell phone addiction is much more problematic (1,023 mentions). “I don’t find it surprising. It is important to take a close look on this topic,” said Minister of Education Christoph Return (Neos). “Create addiction must be taken seriously, such as alcohol addiction or nicotine addiction. But that has not been seen for a long time and also not socially noticed.” Therefore, a cell phone -free zone was enacted in the school area. Because cell phone addiction would also be related to the pressure to perform via social media and bullying, according to return. Incidentally, the parents also mentioned these three problems among their top 3. “We have to create awareness (…) and enable healthy use of the cell phone and digital media, because they also offer great added value,” said the Minister of Education.

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