Controlling or Caring? Associations Between Helicopter Parenting and Perceived Conflict and Support at the Within-Family Level

IF 3.2 2区 心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL
Yue Wang, Savannah Boele, Loes Keijsers, Skyler T. Hawk
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Abstract

Introduction

The cultural normativeness hypothesis suggests that helicopter parenting might be less problematic in Chinese cultures, which strongly value intensive parental involvement. Chinese helicopter parenting might show positive associations with both problematic (i.e., conflict) and beneficial (i.e., support) aspects of youth-parent relationship quality, as it can hamper youth's developmental needs, while also expressing care in a culturally acceptable manner. The present study investigated this notion by examining between- and within-family associations between youth's perceptions of maternal helicopter parenting and perceived youth-mother conflict and support across different timeframes (concurrent and time-lagged). Youth's mother-oriented interdependent self-construal (ISC; the extent to which youth incorporate their relationships with mothers into self-concepts) was examined as the moderator of time-lagged parenting effects.

Methods

Participants were 350 late adolescents in Hong Kong (Mage = 18.2, SDage = 1.09, 39.7% male). Family monthly incomes ranged from < $1900 USD (23.4%) to > $5700 USD (24.0%). Participants provided bi-weekly reports of perceived helicopter parenting behaviors and youth-mother conflict and support from September 2020 to April 2021 (tmax = 16).

Results

Positive between-family and concurrent within-family associations existed between youth's perceptions of maternal helicopter parenting and both conflict and support. Dynamic Structural Equation Models also indicated that perceived maternal helicopter parenting positively predicted perceived support 2 weeks later, and positively predicted perceived conflict only for youth scoring higher in mother-oriented ISC.

Conclusions

Results provide evidence for the “double-edged” nature of helicopter parenting in Chinese families, demonstrating both problematic and potentially adaptive aspects of helicopter parenting for Chinese youth-mother relationship quality.

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控制还是关心?直升机式养育与家庭内部冲突和支持的关系。
引言:文化规范假说表明,直升机式育儿在中国文化中可能问题较少,中国文化强烈重视父母的高度参与。中国式的直升机式养育方式可能在青少年与父母关系质量的问题(即冲突)和有益(即支持)方面都表现出积极的联系,因为它可以阻碍青少年的发展需求,同时也以文化上可接受的方式表达关怀。本研究通过考察青年对母亲直升机式养育的看法与不同时间框架(同步和滞后)的青年母亲冲突和支持之间的家庭之间和家庭内部的联系来调查这一概念。青年母亲导向的相互依存自我建构;青少年将他们与母亲的关系纳入自我概念的程度作为时间滞后育儿效应的调节因素进行了研究。方法:参与者为350名香港晚期青少年(年龄= 18.2,年龄= 1.09,男性39.7%)。家庭月收入从1900美元以下(23.4%)到5700美元以下(24.0%)不等。从2020年9月到2021年4月,参与者每两周提供一次直升机育儿行为和青年母亲冲突与支持的报告(tmax = 16)。结果:青少年对母亲直升机式养育方式的认知与冲突和支持均存在正相关关系。动态结构方程模型还显示,感知的母亲直升机式养育正向预测2周后的感知支持,正向预测母亲导向的ISC中得分较高的青少年的感知冲突。结论:研究结果为直升机式育儿在中国家庭中的“双刃剑”性质提供了证据,显示了直升机式育儿对中国青年母亲关系质量的问题和潜在适应性方面。
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Journal of Adolescence
Journal of Adolescence PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL-
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6.40
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123
期刊介绍: The Journal of Adolescence is an international, broad based, cross-disciplinary journal that addresses issues of professional and academic importance concerning development between puberty and the attainment of adult status within society. It provides a forum for all who are concerned with the nature of adolescence, whether involved in teaching, research, guidance, counseling, treatment, or other services. The aim of the journal is to encourage research and foster good practice through publishing both empirical and clinical studies as well as integrative reviews and theoretical advances.
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