Anderson C J, Prentice N M
Department of Psychology, University of Texas, Austin 78712.
Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 1994 Winter;25(2):67-84. doi: 10.1007/BF02253287.
Fifty-two children who no longer believed in Santa Claus were individually administered a structured interview on their reactions to discovering the truth. Their parents completed a questionnaire assessing their initial encouragement of the child to believe in Santa and rating their child's reactions to discovering the truth as well as their own reactions to the child's discovery. Parental encouragement for the child to believe was very strong. Children generally discovered the truth on their own at age seven. Children reported predominantly positive reactions on learning the truth. Parents, however, described themselves as predominantly sad in reaction to their child's discovery.
52名不再相信圣诞老人的孩子分别接受了一次结构化访谈，内容是关于他们发现真相后的反应。他们的父母完成了一份问卷，评估他们最初鼓励孩子相信圣诞老人的程度，并对孩子发现真相后的反应以及他们自己对孩子这一发现的反应进行评分。父母对孩子相信圣诞老人的鼓励非常强烈。孩子们通常在7岁时自己发现了真相。孩子们在得知真相后大多报告了积极的反应。然而，父母们表示，他们对孩子的这一发现主要感到悲伤。
