Helicopter parenting and depressive level among non-clinical Chinese college students: A moderated mediation model

Wang, Junjing; Lai, Ruiju; Yang, An; Yang, Mengdan; Guo, Yuan

doi:10.1016/j.jad.2021.08.078

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Helicopter parenting and depressive level among non-clinical Chinese college students: A moderated mediation model

Wang, Junjing, Lai, Ruiju, Yang, An, Yang, Mengdan, Guo, Yuan·2021·Journal of Affective Disorders

DOI 10.1016/j.jad.2021.08.078

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Background Helicopter parenting has been one of major contributing factors to depression, and the occurrence of severe depressive level has been increasing in college students. Based on self-determinant theory (SDT), previous studies have indicated the pathway between helicopter parenting and depressive level, especially focusing on the roles of basic psychological needs, self-control and teacher autonomy support. But few studies focused on the full model of these interactive factors and the Chinese non-clinical college students. Methods Non-clinical college students (n = 648), aging from 17 to 28 years old, were recruited as participants from universities in Guangzhou, China, in 2020. The participants were asked to complete five self-report questionnaires, including Helicopter Parenting Scale (HPS), Learning Climate Questionnaire (LCQ), Basic Psychological Needs Scale (BPNS), Self-Control Scale (SCS), and Beck Depression Scale-II (BDI-II). Results Results have revealed that basic psychological needs and self-control played a chain-type mediating role between helicopter parenting and depressive scores among non-clinical Chinese college students. In addition, the path between helicopter parenting and basic psychological needs was moderated by teacher autonomy support. Conclusions This study reveals a potential pathway of how helicopter parenting influence the depressive level among non-clinical college students in the context of Chinese background. These findings give multi-di…

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The Chinese version of the helicopter parenting scale showed good reliability and validity among emerging Chinese adults.
“The Chinese version showed good reliability and validity among emerging Chinese adults (Wang et al., 2021).”
From Helicopter Parenting and Emotional Problems in Chinese Emerging Adults: Are there Cross-lagged Effects and the Mediations of Autonomy? (2023) · cites this paper as Wang et al., 2021
Most studies revealed that helicopter parenting hurts adolescents and young adults.
“In contrast, most studies revealed that helicopter parenting hurts adolescents (Leung, 2020) and young adults (Wang et al., 2021).”
From Helicopter Parenting and Emotional Problems in Chinese Emerging Adults: Are there Cross-lagged Effects and the Mediations of Autonomy? (2023) · cites this paper as Wang et al., 2021
Helicopter parenting had a detrimental impact on autonomy (especially for females) or psychological needs, increasing anxiety and depressive symptoms among American and Chinese college students.
“The research has found that helicopter parenting had a detrimental impact on autonomy (especially for females) or psychological needs, increasing anxiety and depressive symptoms among American and Chinese college students (Schiffrin et al., 2019; Wang et al., 2021).”
From Helicopter Parenting and Emotional Problems in Chinese Emerging Adults: Are there Cross-lagged Effects and the Mediations of Autonomy? (2023) · cites this paper as Wang et al., 2021

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Authors: Wang, J., Lai, R., Yang, A., Yang, M., & Guo, Y.
Affiliations: Guangdong University of Foreign Studies (CN)
Corresponding author: Lai, Ruiju
ORCID: Wang, Junjing
Lai, Ruiju
Yang, An
Yang, Mengdan
Venue: Journal of Affective Disorders
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 2021-12
Volume: 295
Pages: 522-529
ISSN: 0165-0327 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2021.08.078
OpenAlex: W3196733435
Semantic Scholar: 451307329f19afc849b2ed90509c9f5ebfa26b03
Cited by: 37
References: 93
Citations by year: 2026: 8 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 12 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 3
FWCI: 3.93
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
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Locations: Journal of Affective Disorders (publishedVersion)
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Funders: National Natural Science Foundation of China (81801685)
Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China (EBA160407)
Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province (2018A030310003)
Guangdong University of Foreign Studies (20GWCXXM-33)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Student Stress and Coping
Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Psychosocial Factors Impacting Youth
Keywords: helicopter parenting, depression, university students, basic psychological needs, self-control, teacher autonomy support, self-determination theory, moderated mediation, Chinese students, student mental health
MeSH terms: Adolescent, Adult, Aircraft, China, Cross-Sectional Studies, Depression, Humans, Surveys and Questionnaires, Students, Universities, Parenting, Young Adult

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