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What constitutes "excessive parental criticism"?

Hello friends,

I'm studying the aetiology of social anxiety disorder and excessive parental criticism is listed as a possible factor in my lecture, as it undermines self-confidence. Does anyone know to what extent *excessive* criticism would be? Its probably hard to say but how frequent is excessive?

Another related question: Is criticism in jest still considered criticism in a context such as this? 

Thank you!
gpt
Criticism is different from guidance. Parents should guide, not criticize.

Jest has double meaning, and thus require a certain level of advanced processing to decode. Age and intelligence is a big factor here.