Mother’s Helicopter Parenting Behaviors on Pychological Well-being of Adult Children: Focusing on the Structural Model
AUTHORS
JinJu Woo,College of Nursing, Gyeongbuk College of Health, Gimcheon, Korea
Yun Ra Hur,Department of Nursing, Graduate School, Eulji University, Daejeon, Korea
Hye Young Ahn,College of Nursing, Eulji University, Daejeon, Korea
ABSTRACT
The purpose of study was to reconstruct Belsky’s parenting behavior determination model on basis of Josselson’s separation-individuation model and literature review and determine the effects of mothers’ helicopter parenting behaviors and autonomy-supporting parenting behaviors on parental intimacy, psychological separation, and psychological well-being of children who were college students. This study was conducted in 215 unmarried college students aged 18-30 who were selected through convenience sampling. Goodness-of-fit of the final model was at the acceptable level. Helicopter parenting behaviors increased parental intimacy but reduced psychological separation and parental intimacy increased psychological well-being. In conclusion, separation from their parents is an important task for the children in emerging adulthood and a desirable parenting behavior is not to be disconnected from children but to permit autonomy to meet children’s growth on the basis of intimacy.
KEYWORDS
Helicopter parenting,Autonomy, College students, Psychological separation, Psychological well-being
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