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Hovering or Supporting: Do Parenting Behaviors Affect Their College-Offspring's Perseverance?

Shaw, Kevin, Shaw
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3091-1545
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1498148068465252

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2017, Specialist in Education, Miami University, School Psychology.
Helicopter parenting is frequently cited as a growing concern in popular culture and among college administrators as limiting student development and perseverance, but developmentally appropriate parental involvement is related to positive student outcomes. Previous research has found associations between helicopter parenting behaviors and negative psychological outcomes, but limited empirical research has examined perseverance- or education-related outcomes for college students. A random sample of undergraduate students was selected and N=332 students from this sample completed measures of helicopter parenting, parental autonomy support, resilience, grit, academic buoyancy, autonomy, competence, academic locus of control, G.P.A., and demographic information. A large negative correlation was found between helicopter parenting and parental autonomy support, providing support for the notion that these concepts have a negative relationship. Students who reported higher levels of helicopter parenting reported lower resilience, grit, and academic buoyancy, whereas parental autonomy support was associated with higher levels on these variables. Helicopter parenting was not associated with G.P.A., but parental autonomy support was weakly related to a higher G.P.A. Results of exploratory mediation analyses were mixed, but lent preliminary support to the overall hypothesis that helicopter parenting behaviors are associated with negative perseverance-related outcomes. Demographic factors were largely unrelated to helicopter parenting, though younger participants reported greater levels of helicopter parenting than older participants.
Amity Noltemeyer (Committee Chair)
43 p.
Educational Psychology
Helicopter Parenting; Perseverance; Resilience; Academic Buoyancy; Grit; Academic Locus of Control; Parental Autonomy Support

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  • Shaw, Shaw, K. (2017). Hovering or Supporting: Do Parenting Behaviors Affect Their College-Offspring's Perseverance? [Doctoral dissertation, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1498148068465252

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Shaw, Shaw, Kevin. Hovering or Supporting: Do Parenting Behaviors Affect Their College-Offspring's Perseverance? . 2017. Miami University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1498148068465252.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Shaw, Shaw, Kevin. "Hovering or Supporting: Do Parenting Behaviors Affect Their College-Offspring's Perseverance? ." Doctoral dissertation, Miami University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1498148068465252

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