Helicopter Parenting in Emerging Adulthood: Support or Barrier for Korean College Students’ Psychological Adjustment?

Abstract

The purpose of the present study is to revisit and validate the current conceptualization of helicopter parenting with Korean college students by using the Helicopter Parenting Scale. Using an individuation-separation process framework from family systems theory, we also examined associations between college student's retrospective self-report of their parents' helicopter parenting and their own psychological adjustment. Four hundred twelve students from 13 private universities in Korea completed a questionnaire about their parent's parenting and their own psychological adjustment measured in locus of control and emotional well-being. The finding of an onefactor solution does not support our hypothesis that there may be a difference in the conceptualization of helicopter parenting between Korea and the U.S. samples. Findings indicate perceived helicopter parenting was negatively associated with college students' internal locus of control. Although there was no direct link from helicopter parenting to Korean college students' emotional well-being, the association of helicopter parenting to emotional well-being was indirect through its link to students' locus of control.

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“…Coleman (1988) suggests that parents provide social capital to their children when they have a relationship with the school and mutually share goals for the students' wellbeing which helps the students to adjust to college life. Some studies, however, show that parental involvement has negative effect and does not affect college achievement (Kiyama, & Harper, 2015;Kwon, Yoo & Bingham, 2016;LeMoyne & Buchanan, 2011;Schiffrin et al, 2014;Spain, 2008). Findings show that overly controlling helicopter parents negatively affect students' wellbeing.…”

“…Findings show that overly controlling helicopter parents negatively affect students' wellbeing. A study done at a Korean University discovered that students' locus of control was affected and did not develop resilience or stability because of their helicopter parents (Kwon, Yoo, & Bingham, 2016;Suizzo, & Soon, 2006).…”

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