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Do Helicopter Parents Cause Life Turbulence For Their Offspring? Implications of Parental Psychological Control for College Students’ Adjustment

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2010, Master of Arts, Miami University, Psychology.
Significant numbers of college students experience adjustment problems during the transition to college. Research suggests that parental psychological control contributes to college student maladjustment; however, the mechanism by which this effect takes place is unclear. The present study tested the hypothesis that conflictual independence mediates the relationship between college adjustment and maternal and paternal psychological control. In addition, college student gender was expected to moderate this link. Regression analyses demonstrated that conflictual independence mediated the link between parental psychological control and college adjustment problems; however, the nature of these relationships differed by parent and college student gender. These results suggest that conflictual independence represents an important mechanism by which psychological control relates to college adjustment problems. However, conflictual independence did not significantly impact all relationships tested. Therefore, further investigation is necessary in order to fully understand the mechanisms by which psychological control impacts college adjustment problems.
Patricia Kerig (Committee Chair)
Vaishali Raval (Committee Member)
Jennifer Green (Committee Member)
Robin Thomas (Committee Member)
67 p.

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  • Bendikas, E. A. (2010). Do Helicopter Parents Cause Life Turbulence For Their Offspring? Implications of Parental Psychological Control for College Students’ Adjustment [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1276092075

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Bendikas, Emily. Do Helicopter Parents Cause Life Turbulence For Their Offspring? Implications of Parental Psychological Control for College Students’ Adjustment. 2010. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1276092075.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Bendikas, Emily. "Do Helicopter Parents Cause Life Turbulence For Their Offspring? Implications of Parental Psychological Control for College Students’ Adjustment." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1276092075

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)