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A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression
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Background: 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. However, no systematic review on the topic exists. Objective: Conducting a systematic review to identify all studies where the relationship between helicopter parenting and symptoms of anxiety and/or depression have been investigated. Method: A systematic literature search conducted the 3rd of November 2021 yielded 38 eligible studies. Since helicopter parenting is a fairly new construct, this review considered parental control and overprotective parenting to be dimensions of helicopter parenting and thus, eligible for the study. Study quality was assessed in accordance with Campbells Validity Typology. Results: The majority of the studies included in this review found a direct relationship between helicopter parenting and symptoms of anxiety and depression. However, validity problems undermine these findings with regarding to assessing the causal relationship between helicopter parenting and these symptoms. There were no longitudinal studies of sufficient quality to determine if helicopter parenting precedes the outcome of anxiety and depression. Conclusion: Even though the majority of the studies included in this systematic review found a relationship between helicopter parenting and anxiety and depression, the evidence for this relationship is insufficient and must be investigated further. Findings suggest that it is important to include both maternal and paternal parenting style in future studies as they could affect the outcome of anxiety and depression differently. Systematic Review Registration: PROSPERO 2020 CRD42020167465, https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?RecordID=167465 .
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This systematic review of 38 studies found that most included studies reported a direct relationship between helicopter parenting—including controlling and overprotective dimensions—and symptoms of anxiety and/or depression. However, validity problems and few longitudinal studies mean the evidence is insufficient to establish causality.
Key findings
- Across 38 included studies (33 cross-sectional, 5 longitudinal), the majority found a direct relationship between helicopter parenting and anxiety and/or depression: helicopter parenting was directly related to anxiety in 5 of 10 studies and to depression in 9 of 11 studies; controlling parenting was related to anxiety in 11 of 12 studies and to depression in 13 of 15 studies.
- Overprotective parenting was associated with anxiety in the included studies, with no studies finding reduced anxiety; Overbeek et al. (2007) found a relationship between overprotective parenting and depression.
- Only 5 studies were longitudinal: 3 found a relationship with anxiety, 2 found a relationship with both anxiety and depression, and 2 found no relationship with anxiety but did detect a relationship with depression.
- One study (Basili et al., 2021) found parental control predicted lower levels of depression, a finding the review notes as surprising and not supported by other studies.
Methods
- PRISMA-guided systematic review with a PROSPERO-registered protocol; eligibility followed PICO(S), including quantitative non-experimental studies after 1985, participants aged 10 or older, and a valid separate measure of anxiety and/or depression; experimental studies and studies focused on parental psychopathology were excluded.
- Searches were run in PsychINFO and PubMed using terms for overprotective, helicopter, and controlling parenting combined with parenting style and anxiety/depression; the initial search was 8 August 2019 and updated 3 November 2021, yielding 202 database records plus 34 hand-searched records, 196 after duplicate removal, 91 full-text retrievals, and 38 included studies.
- Data were extracted into an Excel chart; study quality was assessed with Campbell’s Validity Typology, and findings were synthesized narratively.
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- Stated by the authors: only one reviewer conducted the electronic literature search, only two databases were searched, one reviewer conducted initial screening and initial quality assessment, and the review did not investigate possible age differences in outcomes.
- Stated by the authors and evident in the text: most included studies were cross-sectional (33 of 38), all used subjective self-report measures for helicopter parenting, and self-report is prone to bias, mono-method bias, and retrospective recall problems; therefore causal direction cannot be established.
- Evident in the text: the review uses narrative synthesis without meta-analysis, and the included studies vary in whether they measure helicopter parenting, controlling parenting, or overprotective parenting, using many different instruments, which limits comparability.
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“Seery et al. (2010) found that that individuals whom had experienced a moderate amount of adversity had better mental health as opposed to those whom had no such experience, or too much experience with hardship.”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Introduction
What the sources say
- Supportedcites Seery et al., 2010 source
The Discussion (p. 12) reports that people with some lifetime adversity, compared with those with none or high adversity, had lower distress, functional impairment, and posttraumatic stress symptoms, as well as higher life satisfaction. This supports the cited comparison of mental health outcomes; the study describes an association, not a causal effect. (LLM, conf=0.94)
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“The restriction of exposure to challenges by intervening before a child has struggled or failed undermines the child's effort to establish healthy regulatory strategies (Perry et al., 2018).”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Introduction
What the sources say
- Supportedcites Perry et al., 2018 source
In ‘The Role of Parenting in the Development of Self-Regulatory Skills,’ the paper says that intervening before children try to regulate themselves limits their practice of regulatory strategies, and that shielding them from challenges reduces opportunities to learn to manage difficult situations independently. The Discussion likewise describes how stepping in too early may hinder independent self-regulation. Page numbers are not provided in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.91)
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“Additionally, those with a moderate experience of adversity not only reported having better mental health, but they were also less likely to be affected by a recent adverse event (Seery et al., 2010).”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Introduction
What the sources say
- Supportedcites Seery et al., 2010 source
The Hypothesis 2 results (p. 11) report that people with low lifetime adversity were less negatively affected by recent adversity than those with either no or high lifetime adversity. This supports the claim's description of a moderate, rather than absent or high, adversity history. (LLM, conf=0.92)
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“Consequently, there are fewer regulatory strategies to be called upon when the child is without caregiver assistance (Perry et al., 2018).”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Introduction
What the sources say
- Partly supportedcites Perry et al., 2018 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
In “The Role of Parenting in the Development of Self-Regulatory Skills,” the paper says that overcontrolling parenting limits opportunities to practice regulation and that fewer strategies *may* be internalized or available without caregiver assistance. The citing sentence presents that qualified possibility as a certainty. (LLM, conf=0.88)
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“Both forms of parental psychological control (DPC and APC) were related to depressive symptoms”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Results
What the sources say
- Supportedcites Gargurevich and Soenens (2016) source
The Discussion explicitly states that, in correlational analyses of Peruvian late adolescents, both perceived DPC and APC were related to depressive symptoms in paternal and maternal ratings. The Results distinguish this from a model including both as simultaneous predictors, where DPC was not significant; the claim does not assert an independent effect. (LLM, conf=0.95)
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“Helicopter parenting was associated with students' anxiety and depression level”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Results
What the sources say
- Supportedcites Cui et al. (2019) source
The results accompanying Figure 1 report a significant positive association between perceived maternal helicopter parenting and depression among university students in both the U.S. and Finnish samples. The Discussion also identifies depressive symptoms among the well-being problems associated with helicopter parenting. (LLM, conf=0.94)
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“Lack of autonomy due to maternal control was associated with depressive symptoms”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Results
What the sources say
- Partly supportedcites Cho et al. (2020) sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The Results (DMCP of MPS; page unavailable) associate differences between mothers’ and children’s parenting-style ratings with higher depression in the children. The Discussion (page unavailable) identifies the significant depression finding specifically with differences in perceived rationality, not a lack of autonomy due to maternal control. The reported autonomy–control correlation compares mothers’ and children’s ratings; it is not a correlation with depression. (LLM, conf=0.84)
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“Helicopter parenting was associated with students' anxiety and depression level”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Results
What the sources say
- Supportedcites Cui et al. (2019) source
The Discussion reports that perceived helicopter parenting was positively associated with young adults’ symptoms of anxiety and depression. The Figure 1 results qualify this: the maternal-parenting association with anxiety was significant in the Finnish sample but not in the U.S. sample. (LLM, conf=0.90)
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“Higher levels of controlling parenting was related to higher levels of reported anxiety and depression”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Results
What the sources say
- Partly supportedcites Kullberg et al. (2021) sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The Results (section 3.2.2, p. 5) associate poorer parental bonding with elevated adult anxiety symptoms, and the paper describes overprotection as one component of poor bonding (section 1.1, p. 3). It does not establish a separate association for controlling parenting specifically; section 4.4 (p. 8) proposes examining specific parenting styles in future work. (LLM, conf=0.85)
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“Adults with anxiety disorder reported heighten maternal control.”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Results
What the sources say
- Supportedcites Kullberg et al. (2020) source
In “Lack of Care, Overprotection, and Autonomy: Differences Across Psychopathology Groups” (page unavailable), adults with anxiety disorders reported greater maternal lack of autonomy than adults with depression; the Results also report greater maternal lack of autonomy than in healthy controls. This supports “maternal control” as a paraphrase of perceived restriction of autonomy, not maternal overprotection, which was not elevated in the anxiety-only group. (LLM, conf=0.88)
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“No direct relationship between control and depression.”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Results
What the sources say
- Disputedcites Kullberg et al. (2020) sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
In “Lack of Care, Overprotection, and Autonomy: Differences Across Psychopathology Groups” (page unavailable), the paper reports that lack of autonomy—a restrictive aspect of parental control—was elevated in the lifetime-depression group relative to unaffected participants. It does report no elevated overprotection among participants with depression alone, but that narrower finding does not support a blanket claim of no relationship between control and depression. The cross-sectional study does not establish whether the association is causal. (LLM, conf=0.82)
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“However, the effect size of maternal control (1.05) and parental control (0.8) were big in terms of reported adolescent anxiety.”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Results > Validity Assessment
What the sources say
- Disputedcites Rogers et al. (2020) sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
In “Class differences in development of depressive and anxiety symptoms” (page unavailable), the paper reports maternal-control class differences in adolescent anxiety of d = 0.84 at age 14 and d = 0.43 at age 19—not 1.05. It reports paternal-control class differences of d = 0.23 and d = 0.09, respectively, describing them as small and negligible rather than large; neither cited figure matches the claim. (LLM, conf=0.90)
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“The effect size for both maternal control (.34) and parental control (.06) were found to be small in relation to reported depression.”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Results > Validity Assessment
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- Disputedcites Rogers et al. (2020) sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The section “Class differences in development of depressive and anxiety symptoms” (page unavailable) reports maternal-control class differences in depressive symptoms of d = 0.80 at age 14 (large) and d = 0.40 at age 19 (moderate). It reports paternal-control class differences of d = 0.40 (moderate) and d = 0.23 (relatively small), respectively—not .34 and .06, and not both small. (LLM, conf=0.90)
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“Additionally, although the effect size for both maternal and parental control was found to be quite small regarding its effect on depression, it was much bigger in terms of adolescent anxiety.”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Discussion
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The Results section, “Class differences in development of depressive and anxiety symptoms” (page unavailable), reports large maternal-control group differences for both depression (d = 0.80) and anxiety (d = 0.84) at age 14, with both moderate by age 19. For paternal control, the depression difference was larger than the anxiety difference at both ages—the opposite of the claimed comparison. (LLM, conf=0.91)
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“Adolescence on the other hand is a period characterized by an increased development of independence (Szwedo et al., 2017).”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Introduction
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The Discussion (page not supplied) explicitly describes adolescence as a life stage marked by autonomy development. It also says adolescents often seek to increase their independence from others, supporting the paraphrase. (LLM, conf=0.94)
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“Adolescence is a period characterized by development of independence (Szwedo et al., 2017)”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Methods > Eligibility Criteria
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The Discussion explicitly describes adolescence as “a life stage marked by autonomy development.” The Abstract also says teens typically seek greater independence from parents. These passages support the citing sentence’s broad characterization. (LLM, conf=0.94)
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“The eligibility criteria was developed in accordance to the PICO(S) framework, see Table 1 (Santos et al., 2007).”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Methods > Eligibility Criteria
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- Partly supportedcites Santos et al., 2007 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The Construction of the Research Question section (p. 2) describes PICO as a framework for defining a research question and searching for evidence. Its example (p. 3) specifies population, intervention, comparison and outcome in ways relevant to selecting studies. The paper does not describe the added “S” in PICO(S) or explicitly present the framework as a method for developing eligibility criteria. (LLM, conf=0.84)
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“Three studies only used child self-report, thereby exposing their study to the risk of mono-method bias and response bias (Overbeek et al., 2007; Knappe et al., 2012; Rogers et al., 2020).”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Results > Validity Assessment
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites Overbeek et al., 2007 source
- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites Knappe et al., 2012 source
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“Regarding the study by Basili et al. (2021) the findings must be interpreted with caution as they found parental control to predict lower levels of depression”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Results > Validity Assessment
What the sources say
- Partly supportedcites Basili et al., 2021 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The Discussion (page not supplied) reports that paternal psychological control predicted fewer adolescent anxious-depressed symptoms. The claim broadens this finding to parental control generally and to depression alone; maternal psychological control was not associated with internalizing symptoms. (LLM, conf=0.88)
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“A clear majority of the studies included in this review found a direct positive relationship between helicopter parenting and symptoms of anxiety and depression, with one exception (Basili et al., 2021) finding a negative association.”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Discussion
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- Partly supportedcites Basili et al., 2021 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The Discussion (page not specified) reports a negative association between paternal psychological control and adolescents’ anxious-depressive symptoms. The cited study examines psychological control, not helicopter parenting, so it does not establish the claimed exception for helicopter parenting. (LLM, conf=0.88)
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“However, there were differences in the effect sizes in terms on how each specific parent effected anxiety and depression with maternal control found to have a bigger effect size than parental control.”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Discussion
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The ‘Class differences in development of depressive and anxiety symptoms’ section (page unavailable) reports larger mother-model than father-model effect sizes for both symptoms at ages 14 and 19. These are effect sizes for differences between psychological-control trajectory groups, not estimates of a causal effect of control. (LLM, conf=0.91)
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“However, our memories are not accurate snapshots of the past, rather, they are constructions and must be understood as open to influence from the attempts to provide meaning (Schacter et al., 2011) and from the cognitive processes involving our selection and interpretation of elements making up memories (Chess et al., 1966).”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Discussion
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“In terms of the causes of anxiety both genetic (Meier et al., 2019), the personality of the individual (Prince et al., 2021) as well as stressful life events could cause anxiety (Miloyan et al., 2018).”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Discussion
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The paper’s Abstract says genetic factors are relevant to the etiology of anxiety disorders, and its Discussion reports substantial SNP-based heritability. Meier et al. is cited for the genetic part of the sentence; personality and stressful life events have separate citations. (LLM, conf=0.93)
- Partly supportedcites Prince et al., 2021 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The Prince et al. citation attaches to the personality portion of the sentence, not to genetic factors or stressful life events. The Discussion reports that higher neuroticism predicted first-onset anxiety disorders in young adults, but the Conclusions say it could be either a true risk factor or a marker of risk. The source therefore supports an association with specific personality traits, not an established causal role for personality generally. (LLM, conf=0.84)
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The Miloyan et al. citation is attached to the stressful-life-events part of the sentence, not the claims about genetics or personality. The Discussion states that adverse events can play a causal role in inducing anxiety and are associated with increased risk of anxiety disorder onset. (LLM, conf=0.93)
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“Even though a second reviewer was contacted when uncertainty arose and the two reviews met to collectively go through the potential studies, it is still a recommendation by PRISMA that at least two separate screenings take place (Liberati et al., 2009).”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Discussion
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- Partly supportedcites Liberati et al., 2009 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
In the study-selection explanation (page unavailable), the paper says using at least two investigators may reduce the chance of rejecting relevant reports. It advises authors to report how screening was done, but says there is no standard selection process; it does not recommend that every review undergo at least two separate screenings. (LLM, conf=0.84)
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“Research is clear that there are several reasons why one could develop depression, such as faulty mood regulation by the brain, genetic vulnerability and stressful life events (Burns et al., 2002; Bar, 2009).”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Discussion
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites Burns et al., 2002 source
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The sections on associative processing and mood link depression to abnormal brain-network function and mood regulation. The concluding remarks also say that not all depression stems from the proposed hippocampal/prefrontal processes. Our copy does not identify genetic vulnerability or stressful life events as reasons someone develops depression; its mention of stress describes it as a concomitant of mood disorders. (LLM, conf=0.86)
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“A systematic literature search conducted the 3rd of November 2021 yielded 38 eligible studies.”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Abstract > Method
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“Duplicates were removed before any further screening procedure, leaving 196 abstracts and titles to be screened according to the eligibility criteria.”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Results
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“Thirty-one studies used only child reports and 5 studies used both parent report and child report.”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Results
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“After the application of the eligibility criteria to the full-text studies a total amount of 38 studies were selected to be part of the review.”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Results
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“Exclusion after full-text retrieval were due to participants being under the age of 10, parental psychopathology, helicopter parenting being a mediator, no valid measure of anxiety or depression, the sample was ineligible or the study was not peer reviewed (see Figure 1).”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Results
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“As is illustrated in the PRISMA flow diagram (see Figure 1), 202 studies were identified through the electronic searches in the databases of PsychINFO and Pubmed.”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Results
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“The included studies employed a range of different measurements for parenting style and anxiety and depression.”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Results
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“In addition, 34 studies were identified for possible inclusion from hand searching through possible studies' references.”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Results
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“In total, 33 cross-sectional studies and 5 longitudinal studies were identified (see Table 2).”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Results
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“All 38 studies employed subjective measurements, not researcher observations, for the measurement of helicopter parenting.”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Results
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“This resulted in 91 studies identified for full-text retrieval.”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Results
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“1 study investigated both the controlling and overprotective dimension”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Results
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“19 studies focused on the controlling dimension of helicopter parenting”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Results
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“While 14 studies investigated helicopter parenting as an independent construct”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Results
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“27 measured depression”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Results
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“A total amount of 27 studies measured anxiety”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Results
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“The remaining 2 studies employed an additional reporter to the child or parent.”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Results
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“of the studies investigating a controlling parenting style, 3 focused solely upon maternal control”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Results
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“Thirty-one studies used only child reports and 5 studies used both parent report and child report.”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Results
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“4 on the overprotective dimension”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Results
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“In addition, 2 studies focused solely on maternal control”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Results > Depression
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“Study quality was assessed in accordance with Campbells Validity Typology.”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Abstract > Method
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“Studies in which helicopter parenting was a moderator rather than a predictor of the outcome of anxiety or depression were not included.”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Methods > Eligibility Criteria
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“Due to the fact that it has been argued that a major shift in parental involvement happened in 1985, studies conducted before then were not considered (Lythcott-Haims, 2015).”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Methods > Eligibility Criteria
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“Different phases of childhood, from infancy to adolescence, require specific levels of protection and control to promote optimal developmental outcomes (Santrock, 2019).”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Introduction
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“Ryan and Deci (2000) outline three basic needs that are innate in us all. If satisfied, these needs promotes health and wellbeing, but a violation of these needs contributes to pathology and ill-being.”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Introduction
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“Another factor contributing to depression is the exercise of control over the depressing thoughts themselves (Bandura et al., 1999).”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Introduction
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“Studies where parental psychopathology was an area of focus were not included.”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Methods > Eligibility Criteria
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“This systematic review follows the guidelines of PRISMA: Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (Moher et al., 2010).”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Methods
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“Methods of the analysis and inclusion criteria were specified in advanced and documented in a protocol.”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Methods > Protocol and Registration
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“The self-determination theory argues that an individual cannot thrive without all of these being fulfilled, to the same degree that one cannot thrive with water and not food (Ryan and Deci, 2000).”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Introduction
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“A low sense of efficacy to exercise control over that which one values can give rise to feelings of futility in several ways, for instance through unfulfilled aspirations (Bandura, 2010).”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Introduction
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“If an individual has a low sense of self-efficacy in addition to parents who reinforce this sense of danger by overprotectiveness, it would only be logical to assume that this could increase anxiety levels even more.”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Introduction
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“We modified the protocol during the review regarding inclusion-criteria, as we found that including a pre-adolescent population led to heterogeneity that detracted from the coherence of the review.”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Methods > Protocol and Registration
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“Children need a certain level of parental control to learn how to be an effective member of society, but they also need autonomy to develop competence and self-sufficiency (Barber et al., 1994).”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Introduction
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites Barber et al., 1994 source
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“Since this review is focused on the outcome of anxiety and depression, to be included in the review the studies would have to have a valid and separate measurement of one or both of these outcomes.”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Methods > Eligibility Criteria
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“Only articles written in English were included.”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Methods > Eligibility Criteria
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“Studies with the aim to validate questionnaires concerning helicopter parenting will also be included in the review.”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Methods > Eligibility Criteria
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“Studies with a restricted, selective sample focusing on a somatic disease, were not eligible to be considered in this review.”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Methods > Eligibility Criteria
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“One reviewer assessed the validity of the eligible studies according to Campbell's Validity Typology which considers four different types of validity; internal validity, external validity, statistical conclusion validity and construct validity (Shadish et al., 2002).”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Methods > Validity of Individual Studies
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- Not matchedcites Shadish et al., 2002
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“Quantitative studies which investigated the relationship between helicopter parenting and anxiety and/or depression were included in the review.”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Methods > Eligibility Criteria
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“Following this, the titles and abstracts of the studies were scoured through and applied to the eligibility criteria. Studies which were deemed ineligible were removed. This was done by one reviewer, however if that reviewer felt uncertain another reviewer was contacted to discuss whether that particular study was eligible or not.”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Methods > Study Selection
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“As helicopter parenting is a fairly new term (Padilla-Walker and Nelson, 2012) studies which investigated the overprotective or controlling dimension of helicopter parenting were also included.”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Methods > Eligibility Criteria
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“Additionally, the transition to adulthood has changed drastically in just a few decades where many young adults now find themselves still living at home whilst unattached romantically (Schneider et al., 2016).”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Introduction
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“To establish this relationship one must examine whether the cause preceded the effect and if they are related, i.e., they covary (Shadish et al., 2002).”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Introduction
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- Not matchedcites Shadish et al., 2002
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In the paper
“Helicopter parents who are over-controlling could reduce the sense of autonomy and competence in the child, which could again undermine their relationship with their child.”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Introduction
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“Those studies that which were deemed ineligible in this meeting were excluded and listed with reason for their exclusion.”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Methods > Study Selection
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“Additionally, studies employing an experimental design were excluded as this review is concerned with the actual parenting and the anxious or depressive behavior it may cause.”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Methods > Eligibility Criteria
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“Children need a certain level of parental control to learn how to be an effective member of society, but they also need autonomy to develop competence and self-sufficiency (Barber et al., 1994).”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Introduction
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites Barber et al., 1994 source
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In the paper
“One review author extracted the data into a chart in Excel specifically designed for this study.”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Methods > Data Extraction
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In the paper
“To increase the strength of the review the two reviewers met to go through each full text study collectively.”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Methods > Study Selection
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In the paper
“Experimentally manipulating parenting behavior in this instance would reduce ecological validity if this lead to the parent suddenly acting in an uncommon and unexpected manner.”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Methods > Eligibility Criteria
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In the paper
“After screening the studies by their titles and abstracts the first reviewer read through all the studies in full text to further confirm eligibility.”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Methods > Study Selection
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In the paper
“After the first reviewer had determined the quality of the studies the assessments were discussed with the second reviewer so that consensus regarding the validity could be reached.”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Methods > Validity of Individual Studies
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In the paper
“No relationship between parental control and depression”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Results
What the sources say
- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites Finkelstein et al. (2001) source
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In the paper
“No relationship between anxiety and controlling parenting.”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Results
What the sources say
- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites Cai and Tu (2020) source
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In the paper
“No direct effect of helicopter parenting and anxiety and depression”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Results
What the sources say
- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites Reed et al. (2016) source
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In the paper
“No direct effect of helicopter parenting and anxiety and depression”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Results
What the sources say
- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites Reed et al. (2016) source
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In the paper
“If we are to fully elucidate this relationship we need to employ a longitudinal study design.”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Discussion
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In the paper
“Self-report measures are dependent on the honesty of the respondents, but even if every respondent aimed to answer every item honestly, their introspective abilities could be lacking or they could be affected by common cognitive biases.”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Discussion
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In the paper
“Cai and Tu (2020) only tested adolescent boys and their mothers, thus, their findings cannot be seen in context to family dynamic as a whole.”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Results > Validity Assessment
What the sources say
- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites Cai and Tu, 2020 source
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In the paper
“Additionally, there cannot be any plausible alternative explanations for the effect.”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Results > Validity Assessment
What the sources say
- Not matchedcites Shadish et al., 2002
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- The authors state this as an assumption: There is a causal link between helicopter parenting and the child outcomes of anxiety and depression.
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In the paper
“Thus, to investigate the relationship between helicopter parenting and anxiety and depression sufficiently, a longitudinal study, with validated measurements, must be conducted”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Results > Validity Assessment
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- The authors state this as an assumption: There is a causal link between helicopter parenting and the child outcomes of anxiety and depression.
The paper states this without a source or data behind it here, so there is nothing to check it against. The quote shows it is in the paper.
In the paper
“Self-report measures are dependent on the honesty of the respondents, but even if every respondent aimed to answer every item honestly, their introspective abilities could be lacking or they could be affected by common cognitive biases.”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Discussion
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In the paper
“In general, self-report measures are prone to bias and any results should be interpreted tentatively (Shadish et al., 2002).”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Discussion
What the sources say
- Not matchedcites Shadish et al., 2002
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In the paper
“To establish this relationship one must examine whether the cause preceded the effect and if they are related, i.e., they covary (Shadish et al., 2002).”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Results > Validity Assessment
What the sources say
- Not matchedcites Shadish et al., 2002
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plaindirect- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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Probably not a substantial claim. It may state two separate claims as one.
- The authors state this as an assumption: There is a causal link between helicopter parenting and the child outcomes of anxiety and depression.
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In the paper
“Each individual study was assessed in accordance with Campbell's Validity Typology considering internal validity, statistical conclusion validity, construct validity as well as external validity (Shadish et al., 2002).”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Results > Validity Assessment
What the sources say
- Not matchedcites Shadish et al., 2002
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plain- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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- The authors state this as an assumption: There is a causal link between helicopter parenting and the child outcomes of anxiety and depression.
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In the paper
“The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Conflict of Interest
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In the paper
“In addition, there was only one reviewer conducting the initial screening procedure.”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Discussion
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In the paper
“Mackie (1965) argued that effects, typically, have a plurality of conditional causes.”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Discussion
What the sources say
- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites Mackie (1965)
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In the paper
“It might also be that on a societal level, helicopter parenting, is sufficient in creating an environment characterized by heightened focus on dangers and uncertainties that might lead to increased population anxiety and depression.”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Discussion
hedgedconditional- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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In the paper
“The findings of the analysis and the quality assessment was discussed with KB to reach a consensus.”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Author Contributions
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In the paper
“The records identified were screened firstly by JV and then collectively with KB.”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Author Contributions
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In the paper
“There was only one reviewer undertaking the electronic literature search, consequently, it was decided that only two databases should be searched for eligible studies.”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Discussion
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In the paper
“It might be that there are some studies covering the topic of helicopter parenting and anxiety and depression in other relevant databases that was not found through this literature search or through scouring the reference lists of the included studies.”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Discussion
hedged- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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In the paper
“It is a cognitively difficult task to make estimates of potentially high-frequency behavior, such as conversations had with child, over longer periods of time which in turn could lead to less precise estimations of their behavior (Tourangeau et al., 2000).”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Discussion
What the sources say
- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites Tourangeau et al., 2000 source
hedgeddirect- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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In the paper
“Akin to the other limitations mentioned, the initial quality assessment was completed by one reviewer before it was later discussed with a second reviewer.”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Discussion
plain- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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In the paper
“For instance, depressive mood fosters the recall of unhappy memories whilst inhibiting the recall of happy ones (Bower, 1981; Teasdale, 1983).”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Discussion
What the sources say
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In the paper
“In addition, this systematic review did not investigate possible age differences in the outcomes of anxiety and depression.”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Discussion
plain- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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In the paper
“Many parenting items can be considered highly sensitive in nature which strengthens the chance that parents attempt to present their own parenting in a way that are more socially desirable rather than choosing the response reflective of their true behavior (Tourangeau et al., 2000).”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Discussion
What the sources say
- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites Tourangeau et al., 2000 source
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In the paper
“However, since most of the studies did detect a relationship, we cannot rule out the chance that helicopter parenting is a sufficient condition for anxiety and depression but an INUS condition according to Mackie (1965).”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Discussion
What the sources say
- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites Mackie (1965)
hedgedconditional- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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In the paper
“Even though a second reviewer was contacted when uncertainty arose and the two reviews met to collectively go through the potential studies, it is still a recommendation by PRISMA that at least two separate screenings take place (Liberati et al., 2009).”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Discussion
plain- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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Probably not a substantial claim. The paper’s conclusions may not depend on it. It may state two separate claims as one.
The paper relies on this without support.
No systematic review on the relationship between helicopter parenting and anxiety and/or depression exists.
“However, no systematic review on the topic exists.”
The paper relies on this without support.
Helicopter parenting is a fairly new construct.
“Since helicopter parenting is a fairly new construct, this review considered parental control and overprotective parenting to be dimensions of helicopter parenting and thus, eligible for the study.”
The paper relies on this without support.
Anxiety and depression are increasing on a societal scale.
“Given the context of increasing levels of anxiety and depression on a societal scale, we need more knowledge about the specific role of helicopter parenting in promoting increasing levels of anxiety and depression.”
The paper relies on this without support.
No systematic review has been conducted on the relationship between helicopter parenting and anxiety and depression.
“Despite the attention this parenting style is receiving internationally, no systematic review has been conducted on the relationship between helicopter parenting and anxiety and depression.”
The paper relies on this without support.
Cross-sectional studies cannot establish the direction of effect.
“Cross-sectional studies cannot establish the direction of effect.”
The authors state this as an assumption.
There is a causal link between helicopter parenting and the child outcomes of anxiety and depression.
“The basic assumption is that there is a casual link between helicopter parenting and the child outcomes of anxiety and depression.”
The authors state this as an assumption.
Parental control and overprotective parenting are dimensions of helicopter parenting.
“Since helicopter parenting is a fairly new construct, this review considered parental control and overprotective parenting to be dimensions of helicopter parenting and thus, eligible for the study.”
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In the paper
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Results > Validity Assessment
“Of the longitudinal studies 2 of them found no relationship with anxiety but did detect a relationship between parenting style and depression (Cai and Tu, 2020; Basili et al., 2021).”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Results
“| Basili et al. (2021) | Controlling parenting | X | X | Higher levels of parental control were associated with lower levels of anxiety and depression. |”
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In the paper
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Results
“14–17”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Results
“(19.7)”
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In the paper
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Results > Depression
“In addition, 2 studies focused solely on maternal control, and both found a relationship with depression (Mandara and Pikes, 2008; Cho et al., 2020).”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Results
“| Cai and Tu (2020) | Controlling parenting * maternal control | X | X | No relationship between anxiety and controlling parenting. Higher levels of controlling parenting at T1 predicted higher levels of depressive symptoms at T2. |”
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In the paper
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Results
“All 38 studies employed subjective measurements, not researcher observations, for the measurement of helicopter parenting.”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Results
“| Luis et al. (2008), United States and Mexico | Cross-sectional | 282 children and their parents | 10–14 (not reported) | Anxiety: RCMAS (CR) Parenting: Family discussion task (RR) |”
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In the paper
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Results > Anxiety
“A direct effect of controlling parenting with regard to increased anxiety was found in 11 of 12 studies that investigated the relationship between parental control and anxiety (Silove et al., 1991; Luis et al., 2008; Reitman and Asseff, 2010; Inguglia et al., 2016; Goger et al., 2020; Klein et al., 2020; Kullberg et al., 2020, 2021; Levitt et al., 2020; Rogers et al., 2020; Basili et al., 2021)”
§ A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression > Results
“Higher levels of parental control were associated with lower levels of anxiety and depression.”
Citations
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The CES-D Scale: A Self-Report Depression Scale for Research in the General Population
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“A systematic review of such studies revealed, overall, positive correlations between the controlling, overprotective parenting style and the measures of anxiety and depression.(53)”
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Zhang, Q., & Ji, W. (2023) · Development and Psychopathology · doi:10.1017/s095457942300055x · Cited by 49
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“In this regard, a recent systematic review by Vigdal and Brønnick (2022) analyzed associations between helicopter parenting and mental health up to 2019.”
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“For example, Vigdal and Brønnick (2022) provided a thorough systematic review of helicopter parenting, although their report focused exclusively on internalizing behaviors.”
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“In addition, HP seems to have some foundation in research on OP, with some studies overtly stating that HP is a particular expression of OP (e.g., Gagnon, 2019; Leung & Shek, 2018; Segrin et al., 2012; Vigdal & Brønnick, 2022).”
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Jiao, C., Cui, M., & Fincham, F. (2024) · Journal of Adult Development · doi:10.1007/s10804-024-09478-7 · Cited by 12
“Moreover, a systematic review of 38 studies showed that helicopter parenting was positively related to general anxi - ety among young adults (Vigdal & Brønnick, 2022 ).”
Semkovska, M., Joyce, C., Keyes, J., Reilly, S., Delaney, A., Harrold, Á., & McManus, H. (2022) · Psychological Reports · doi:10.1177/00332941221139713 · Cited by 12
“However, if this parental support remains unchanged for the adult offspring (i.e., does not adapt to the developmentally different adult offspring), and thus becomes helicopter parenting, it could in fact hinder resilience (Vigdal & Brønnick, 2022).”
BackgroundZhang, J., Wu, Z., Tao, H., Chen, M., Yu, M., Zhou, L., Sun, M., Lv, D., Cui, G., Yi, Q., et al. (2023) · Frontiers in Psychiatry · doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1238254 · Cited by 15
“…psychological effects of OP/ OC in children/teenagers as mentioned above, recent studies have also suggested that OP/OC might be developmentally traumatizing, and childhood OP/OC experiences may have long-term effects on one’s mental health in early adulthood and even later life (5, 10, 11).”
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Jiang, H., Zhang, X., Zhang, Y., Yan, H., Yu, H., Tan, H. Y., Zhang, D., & Yue, W. (2024) · Asian Journal of Psychiatry · doi:10.1016/j.ajp.2024.103939 · Cited by 17
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“Helicopter parenting, characterized by excessive parental involvement and control over offspring’s lives, is particularly noteworthy to be investigated in emerging adulthood (for a review, see [45]).”
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“…to be overprotective towards their child in a controlling manner, thereby (unintentionally) communicating towards the adolescent they are lacking in competence for self-care and undermining in opportunities to develop healthy regulatory strategies (Elzinga et al., 2022; Vigdal & Brønnick, 2022).”
Angelini, G., Buonomo, I., & Fiorilli, C. (2026) · European Journal of Psychology of Education · doi:10.1007/s10212-025-01060-3 · Cited by 10
“This suggests that such parental behavior may serve as a potential risk factor for the development of depressive symptoms during adolescence (LeMoyne & Buchanan, 2011), aligning with theoretical perspectives on helicopter parenting (Vigdal & Brønnick, 2022).”
Borrell, S. R., & Albertos, A. (2023) · Frontiers in Psychology · doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1258748 · Cited by 10
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Marwick, A. E., Smith, J., Caplan, R., & Wadhawan, M. (2024) · doi:10.21428/bfcb0bff.de78f444 · Cited by 7
Parental overcontrol is associated with dysmorphic concern severity: A cross-sectional study
Rossi, E. D., Farina, B., Adenzato, M., Carbone, G. A., Ardito, R. B., & Imperatori, C. (2023) · Journal of Affective Disorders · doi:10.1016/j.jad.2023.09.037 · Cited by 7
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Friedman, S., Allin, L. J., & Gray, W. (2024) · Children s Geographies · doi:10.1080/14733285.2024.2321387 · Cited by 6
“The ‘heli-copter parent’ is associated with an overprotective and controlling parenting style, linked with the cultural norm of involved parenting but that is also associated with potential negative effects (Vigdal and Brønnick 2022).”
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Boyette, A. H. (2025) · Acta Psychologica · doi:10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.104891 · Cited by 7
“Other studies show that helicopter parenting (another synonym for intensive parenting) is linked with depression and anxiety among adolescents (Vigdal & Br ø nnick, 2022) and undermines college students ’ sense of competence and autonomy (Schiffrin et al., 2014).”
Wyngaert, K. V., Debulpaep, S., Biesen, W. V., daele, S. V., Braun, S., Chambaere, K., & Beernaert, K. (2023) · Journal of Cystic Fibrosis · doi:10.1016/j.jcf.2023.10.005 · Cited by 6
The honest truth about lying parents: A qualitative study and taxonomy of parental lying
Kok, R., Schröer, L., Roza, E. C. A., Lucieer, I. C., & van der Horst, F. C. P. (2025) · Journal of Moral Education · doi:10.1080/03057240.2025.2509112 · Cited by 6
Fortifying Servant Leadership’s Foundations: Five Core Questions to Guide Future Research
Lemoine, G. J., Eva, N., Smallfield, J., Hartnell, C. A., & Meuser, J. D. (2025) · Group & Organization Management · doi:10.1177/10596011251376461 · Cited by 9
Prediction of adolescent social anxiety based on parents' parenting styles
Navadian, T. K. (2023) · doi:10.61838/kman.jayps.4.6.13 · Cited by 5
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“Previous systematic reviews have primarily focused on the relationship between HP and mental health outcomes, such as anxiety and depression (Vigdal & Brønnick, 2022).”
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Tobore, T. O. (2023) · Communicative & Integrative Biology · doi:10.1080/19420889.2023.2211424 · Cited by 4
“a phenomenon believed to have started rising since 1985 [88] that entails the over-involvement (child overprotectiveness in a controlling manner) of parents in”
BackgroundZhang, J., Wu, Z., Tao, H., Chen, M., Yu, M., Zhou, L., Sun, M., Lv, D., Cui, G., Yi, Q., et al. (2023) · medRxiv · doi:10.1101/2023.04.13.23288506 · Cited by 4
“…above, recent studies have also suggested that OP/OC might be developmentally traumatizing, and childhood OP/OC experiences may have long-term effects on one’s mental health in early adulthood and even later life (Affrunti & Woodruff-Borden, 2015; Lima et al., 2010; Vigdal & Brønnick, 2022).”
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Meijer, L., Thomaes, K., Karadeniz, B., & Finkenauer, C. (2025) · European Journal of Psychotraumatology · doi:10.1080/20008066.2025.2468039 · Cited by 4
“Parental overprotectiveness and control have been associated with child internalizing problems (Vigdal & Brønnick, 2022), suggesting these challenges may be especially important for preventive intervention.”
Socioecological Determinants of Speech Evaluation and Treatment Among Children Who Stutter
Briley, P. M., & Jacobs, M. (2025) · American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology · doi:10.1044/2024_ajslp-24-00483 · Cited by 3
Panier, L. Y. X., Allison, G. O., Sejourne, C., Slavich, G. M., & Weinberg, A. (2025) · Development and Psychopathology · doi:10.1017/s095457942510028x · Cited by 3
An Investigation of Brain-Based Learning Principles in Today's Changing Conditions
Korkmaz, B. C. (2024) · Anadolu Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi · doi:10.34056/aujef.1331728 · Cited by 5
Dubey, M. J., Ghosh, R., Dubey, S., et al. (2024) · Indian Journal of Psychiatry · doi:10.4103/indianjpsychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_352_24 · Cited by 3
A person-centered analysis of the personality-value relationships among Chinese adolescents
Chen, Y., Fan, C., Guo, Y., Gao, R., Yu, Y., & Liu, Q. (2024) · Current Psychology · doi:10.1007/s12144-024-06379-6 · Cited by 3
“…outcomes such as egocentrism (Leung et al., 2021), poor self-regulatory skills (Cui et al., 2018), inter-personal conflict (Nie et al., 2023), lack of resilience and adjustment (Darlow et al., 2017; Low & Chong, 2023), as well as emotional problems (Gao et al., 2023; Vigdal & Brønnick, 2022).”
Journault, A., Longpré, C., Mageau, G. A., & LUPIEN, S. J. (2025) · Social Development · doi:10.1111/sode.70004 · Cited by 4
Lee, J. Y., Park, I. B., Yune, S. J., & Park, K. H. (2024) · Korean journal of medical education · doi:10.3946/kjme.2024.309 · Cited by 3
Wings or Handcuffs? The Dilemmas of Helicopter Parenting Based on a Systematic Literature Review
Kocsis, Z., Dorka, K., & Pusztai, G. (2025) · Social Sciences · doi:10.3390/socsci14100621 · Cited by 2
“Previous analyses have primarily focused on psychological effects (Vigdal and Brønnick 2022; Cui et al. 2022), while in Hungary, no comprehensive study has been conducted from an educational science perspective.”
Batra, A., & Gentzler, A. L. (2025) · Journal of Child and Family Studies · doi:10.1007/s10826-025-03200-1 · Cited by 2
“…studies of both adolescents and young adults found positive associations of HP or overparenting with internalizing symptoms (e.g., anxiety and depression), and interestingly, that age did not moderate the relation between HP and internalizing symptoms (Vigdal et al., 2022; Zhang & Ji, 2024).”
Multifaceted Research Trends on Parenting in Emerging Adulthood: A Bibliometric Review
Maity, I., & Roy, U. (2025) · Emerging Adulthood · doi:10.1177/21676968251395340 · Cited by 3
“…aspects of parental involvement, such as overparenting and helicopter parenting, rather than providing comprehensive reviews of the broader body of work, including the third decade of life (Cui et al., 2022; McCoy et al., 2024; Miano & Palumbo, 2021; Segrin & Flora, 2019; Vigdal & Brønnick, 2022).”
Separation Anxiety among Kindergarten Children and its Association with Parental Socialization
Jreisat, S. F. (2023) · Health Psychology Research · doi:10.52965/001c.75363 · Cited by 2
Adolescents’ Evaluation of Their Parents in Terms of Helicopter Parenting Attitudes
Çeli̇k, M. Y. (2025) · Children · doi:10.3390/children12020247 · Cited by 3
“One study revealed that helicopter parenting is directly related to stress and anxiety [16].”
Driscoll, J. W., Chen, Y., Shi, V., Vucharatavintara, I., Yao, Y., & Jin, H. (2026) · CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems · doi:10.1145/3772318.3791622 · Cited by 2
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Bilić, V. (2023) · Napredak · doi:10.59549/n.164.1-2.5 · Cited by 1
Ingeborgrud, C. B., Oerbeck, B., Friis, S., Pripp, A. H., Aase, H., Biele, G., Dalsgaard, S., & Øvergaard, K. R. (2024) · Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology · doi:10.1007/s00127-024-02792-1 · Cited by 1
From the nest to the world: helicopter parenting and challenges in young adult social integration
Yilmaz, Y., Artan, T., Gurbanova, F. C., & Aliyeva, N. (2025) · Frontiers in Psychology · doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1432859 · Cited by 2
Kim, S. S., Park, S., Kim, H., et al. (2025) · JMIR Formative Research · doi:10.2196/71485 · Cited by 1
“Vigdal and Brønnick’s [46] systematic review also concluded that helicopter parenting is associated with depression in young adults.”
Bačíková-Slešková, M., & Kapetanovic, S. (2025) · Scandinavian Journal of Psychology · doi:10.1111/sjop.70027 · Cited by 1
“In summary, overparenting has been linked to negative developmental outcomes in children and young people (Vigdal and Brønnick 2022; Zhang and Ji 2023) and there are theoretical ideas that this link may be explained by the frustration of basic psychological needs (Van Petegem et al. 2020).”
When parental care hurts: extended parental care and the evolution of overparenting
Lawson, D. W., & Chen, Z. (2025) · Evolution Medicine and Public Health · doi:10.1093/emph/eoaf027 · Cited by 2
“When parental care hurts While findings are somewhat mixed across the literature at large, multiple recent meta-analyses and systematic reviews conclude that overparenting behaviors are associated with negative wellbeing outcomes for offspring [37 , 42 , 50 ---53 ].”
Feeling worse, feeling more overprotected: An experience sampling study among adolescents
Boele, S., Bülow, A., van der Kaap‐Deeder, J., Rote, W. M., & Keijsers, L. (2026) · Child Development · doi:10.1093/chidev/aacag059 · Cited by 1
Wang, H., Wang, X., Meng, F., & Hai-ying, W. (2026) · Applied Research in Quality of Life · doi:10.1007/s11482-026-10671-x · Cited by 1
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“Such overinvolvement often occurs in parents with mental health issues [16], making the mother's OCD a significant risk factor in this case.”
Bredekamp, J., & Theron, L. C. (2025) · Psychology and Psychotherapy Theory Research and Practice · doi:10.1111/papt.12586 · Cited by 2
“This deduction fits with others' association of parent – psychologist alliances and opportunities for parental guidance (Accurso & Garland, 2015; Vigdal & Brønnick, 2022; Yamamoto et al., 2023).”
Mahadevaswamy, M., Nathawat, S., Yadav, K., Kumar, S., Fido, D., & Maheshwari, S. (2026) · Research Square · doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-9106639/v1 · Cited by 1
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Navickienė, L., & Kupčikienė, I. (2023) · Mokslo taikomieji tyrimai / Applied Research · doi:10.59476/mtt.v1i19.599
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“The operational definition of Helicopter Parenting refers to the degree of parental control and involvement in their children's lives, including directing their thoughts and behaviors in specific ways (Vigdal & Brønnick, 2022).”
Gholami, M., Behzadpoor, S., & Ghoreyshi, M. (2025) · مجله علمی دانشگاه علوم پزشکی رفسنجان · doi:10.61186/jrums.24.3.241
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Koh, D. M., Ong, J. Z., & Goh, P. H. (2025) · Journal of Adult Development · doi:10.1007/s10804-025-09543-9
“A recent systematic review found that helicopter parenting was consistently linked to elevated anxiety and depressive symptoms across adolescence and early adulthood, with indications that these effects may persist into later adulthood (Vigdal & Brønnick, 2022).”
Zhang, L. R., Zhao, Z., & Chen, W. (2025) · Journal of Family Issues · doi:10.1177/0192513x251389199
“Despite the growing concern about the potential negative effects of HP in Western societies, such as increased anxiety and depression (Vigdal & Brønnick, 2022), and decreased autonomy and social skills (Srivastav & Mathur, 2021) in adolescents, relatively less research has been conducted on this…”
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“32 Parental overcontrol has been found to be positively correlated with rumination and depression levels.”
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“While some research uses the concepts of helicopter parenting and overprotection in an interchangeable way (e.g., Vigdal & Brønnick, 2022), other studies suggest that some helicopter parenting practices also may contain elements of warmth, care and support (e.g., Luebbe et al., 2018).”
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Wang, Y., Li, G., Shi, Z., Zhang, Y., Xia, B., Huang, L., & Huang, C. (2026) · Frontiers in Psychology · doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1834318 · Cited by 1
“Although some studies have explored the association between helicopter parenting and depressive symptoms among university students (Schønning and Kallesten, 2022), most have employed cross-sectional designs, leaving the causal relationship between the two constructs in need of further investigation.”
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“…family stress can influence adjustment, anxiety, depression, decisional procrastination, coping, and adaptability in adolescents and emerging adults (Pistella et al., 2022; LeBlanc & Lyons, 2022; Turner et al., 2020; Wang et al., 2021; Wu et al., 2023; Gao et al., 2023; Vigdal & Brønnick, 2022).”
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“There are multiple parenting styles, and parents must receive programs to address the issues (Vigdal and Brønnick 2022).”
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“It has been demonstrated that overprotection is a manifestation of excessive control, which has been associated with elevated levels of anxiety, depressive symptoms and difficulties in socio-emotional adaptation (Nelson et al., 2015; Roo et al., 2022; Vigdal and Brønnick, 2022).”
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“Consistent with the definitional overlap between HP and OP, they share some variance in empirical studies (e.g., Leung and Shek 2018; Segrin et al. 2012; Vigdal and Brønnick 2022).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Vigdal, J. S., & Brønnick, K. K.
- Affiliations
- Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (NO)
- Stavanger University Hospital (NO)
- Venue
- Frontiers in Psychology
- Publisher
- Frontiers Media SA
- Published
- 2022-05-25
- Volume
- 13
- Pages
- 872981-872981
- ISSN
- 1664-1078 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC9176408
- OpenAlex
- W4281490651
- Semantic Scholar
- c87e0b7bdfb4d08b3b64a8140199192421ac0b8c
- Cited by
- 102
- References
- 129
- Citations by year
- 2026: 28 · 2025: 30 · 2024: 25 · 2023: 17 · 2022: 2
- FWCI
- 3.38
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- public-domain
- creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (vor)
- Locations
- Frontiers in Psychology (publishedVersion, public-domain)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
- NORA - Norwegian Open Research Archives (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Keywords
- helicopter parenting, parental control, parental overprotection, childhood anxiety, childhood depression, child mental health, parenting styles, maternal and paternal parenting, causal inference
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