Helicopter Parenting and Young Adults’ Well-Being: A Comparison Between United States and Finland

IF 2.3 3区社会学 Q1 SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY

Cross-Cultural Research Pub Date : 2018-10-03 DOI:10.1177/1069397118802253

M. Cui, Hille Janhonen-Abruquah, C. A. Darling, Fiorella L. Carlos Chavez, P. Palojoki

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Abstract

Helicopter parenting, defined as a form of overinvolved parenting of young adult children, is shown to be associated with young adult children’s well-being. Furthermore, the phenomenon of helicopter parenting is increasingly evident across various cultures. In this study, the association between helicopter parenting and young adult children’s well-being problems was examined, and the associations were compared between samples of American and Finnish young adults. With a sample of 441 American and 306 Finnish university students, results from path models suggested that maternal and paternal helicopter parenting was associated with university students’ symptoms of anxiety and depression, life dissatisfaction, and emotional dysregulation. Furthermore, even though the mean levels of helicopter parenting were lower among Finnish parents as compared with American parents, the associations between helicopter parenting and young adults’ well-being problems were, in general, equally significant. The implications for university students, parents of students, educators, and university administrators from different cultural backgrounds were also discussed.

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直升机育儿与年轻人的幸福感——美国和芬兰的比较

直升机式育儿被定义为对年幼成年儿童过度投入的育儿形式，被证明与年幼成年儿童的幸福感有关。此外，直升机养育子女的现象在各种文化中越来越明显。在这项研究中，研究了直升机育儿与成年儿童健康问题之间的关系，并比较了美国和芬兰年轻人样本之间的关系。以441名美国和306名芬兰大学生为样本，路径模型的结果表明，父母直升机式育儿与大学生的焦虑和抑郁症状、生活不满和情绪调节障碍有关。此外，尽管芬兰父母的直升机育儿平均水平低于美国父母，但直升机育儿与年轻人的幸福问题之间的联系总体上同样重要。还讨论了对来自不同文化背景的大学生、学生家长、教育工作者和大学管理人员的影响。

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Cross-Cultural Research SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY-

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5.00

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期刊介绍： Cross-Cultural Research, formerly Behavior Science Research, is sponsored by the Human Relations Area Files, Inc. (HRAF) and is the official journal of the Society for Cross-Cultural Research. The mission of the journal is to publish peer-reviewed articles describing cross-cultural or comparative studies in all the social/behavioral sciences and other sciences dealing with humans, including anthropology, sociology, psychology, political science, economics, human ecology, and evolutionary biology. Worldwide cross-cultural studies are particularly welcomed, but all kinds of systematic comparisons are acceptable so long as they deal explicity with cross-cultural issues pertaining to the constraints and variables of human behavior.