Abstract
This four-wave study examined longitudinal associations between maternal helicopter parenting and college students' educational identity processes over 1 year, as well as the moderating effects of mothers' perceived environmental threats (i.e., uncertainty and competition). Participants were 349 first-year university students (39.8% male, Mage = 18.20) and their mothers (Mage = 49.10) in Hong Kong. Latent class growth analysis identified two subgroups based on levels of mothers' threat perceptions (i.e., lower vs. higher). Multi-group random-intercept cross-lagged models found that, at the within-person level, students' reconsideration of educational commitments positively predicted helicopter parenting only for mothers with higher threat perceptions. These findings mainly support youth-driven effects on overbearing parenting behaviors. Mothers' threat perceptions might exacerbate these excessive responses to youth's academic turbulence.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1377-1390 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Journal | Journal of Research on Adolescence |
Volume | 33 |
Issue number | 4 |
Early online date | 10 Sept 2023 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Dec 2023 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2023 Society for Research on Adolescence.
Funding
This work was supported by a grant from the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China (GRF CUHK 14620219) awarded to the second author.
Funders | Funder number |
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Research Grants Council, University Grants Committee | GRF CUHK 14620219 |
Keywords
- educational identity
- environmental threat
- helicopter parenting