An examination of the mediatory role of resilience in the relationship between helicopter parenting and severity of depressive symptoms in Irish university students
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Background: Helicopter parenting, a form of over-parenting involving the use of developmentally inappropriate strategies on the offspring, has been associated with depressive symptoms in university students. However, little research has examined the underlying mechanisms of this relationship. Resilience as the process of successful adaptation to adverse circumstances is proposed as a potential mediating factor. Objectives: This study aimed to determine: (1) if helicopter parenting would predict depressive symptoms in Irish students; (2) if this relationship between helicopter parenting and severity of depressive symptoms was mediated by resilience; and (3) which aspects of resilience were significantly contributing to this mediation. Method: Data from 208 Irish university students who completed online measures of helicopter parenting, resilience and current depressive symptoms’ severity were analysed. Results: Perceived helicopter parenting, including perception of over-protection and perception of intrusiveness and control, predicted severity of depressive symptoms. The relationship between perceived helicopter parenting and depressive symptoms was mediated via decreased resilience. Social resources, perception of the self, and perception of the future were the resilience components contributing the most significantly to this relationship mediation. Conclusion: Future research in emerging adults needs to investigate helicopter parenting as a potential intervention target in…
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Perceived helicopter parenting predicted severity of depressive symptoms.
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- Authors
- Reilly, S., & Semkovska, M.
- Affiliations
- University of Limerick (IE)
- Corresponding author
- Semkovska, Maria
- ORCID
- Semkovska, Maria
- Venue
- Adolescent Psychiatry
- Publisher
- Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
- Published
- 2018-08-02
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 32-47
- ISSN
- 2210-6766 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2802240508
- Cited by
- 21
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 5 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1
- FWCI
- 0.88
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Adolescent Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- International Business Machines Corporation
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Resilience and Mental Health
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Student Stress and Coping
- Keywords
- helicopter parenting, resilience, depressive symptoms, university students, emerging adults, mediation, parental intrusiveness, parental control, social resources, self-perception, perceptions of the future
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