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Parent and Child Traits Associated with Overparenting
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Overparenting involves the application of developmentally inappropriate levels of parental directiveness, tangible assistance, problem-solving, monitoring, and involvement into the lives of children. Based on theories of family enmeshment, effective parenting, and personality development, this parenting behavior was hypothesized to be associated with negative traits in parents (i.e., anxiety and regret) as well as in young adult children (i.e., narcissism, poor coping styles, anxiety, and stress). Participants were 653 parent-adult child dyads from 32 of the 50 United States who completed measures of overparenting and maladaptive traits. A latent variables analysis showed that parental anxiety was positively associated with overparenting, and that parental regret had an indirect effect on overparenting through greater anxiety. In adult children, overparenting was associated with higher levels of narcissism and more ineffective coping skills (e.g., internalizing, distancing). These ineffective coping skills were associated with greater anxiety and stress in young adult children.
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“Emerging evidence suggests that overprotective and controlling parenting, often referred to as “helicopter parenting” may have negative implications on the child's mental health such as anxiety and depression.”
From A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression (2022) · cites this paper as Segrin et al., 2013
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“No direct effect of helicopter parenting on anxiety levels”
From A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression (2022) · cites this paper as Segrin et al. (2013)
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“No direct effect of helicopter parenting on anxiety levels”
From A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression (2022) · cites this paper as Segrin et al. (2013)
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“However, in the remaining 5 studies there was no direct relationship between helicopter parenting and anxiety (Segrin et al., 2013; Schiffrin et al., 2014; Reed et al., 2016; Darlow et al., 2017; Wenze et al., 2019).”
From A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression (2022) · cites this paper as Segrin et al., 2013
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- Authors
- Segrin, C., Woszidlo, A., Givertz, M., & Montgomery, N.
- Affiliations
- University of Arizona (US)
- University of Kansas (US)
- California State University, Chico (US)
- Venue
- Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology
- Publisher
- Guilford Publications
- Published
- 2013-06
- Volume
- 32
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 569-595
- ISSN
- 0736-7236 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2142556532
- Semantic Scholar
- f48977ebac7f5bc0752b0a8bae8ebcd495edfe7b
- Cited by
- 265
- References
- 48
- Citations by year
- 2026: 18 · 2025: 32 · 2024: 22 · 2023: 28 · 2022: 20 · 2021: 26 · 2020: 22 · 2019: 29 · 2018: 16 · 2017: 13 · 2016: 19 · 2015: 13 · 2014: 5 · 2013: 1
- FWCI
- 13.31
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Social Sciences › Demography › Family Dynamics and Relationships
- Keywords
- overparenting, parental anxiety, parental regret, narcissism, coping styles, family enmeshment, effective parenting, young adult children, stress, distancing coping
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