Parenting Journal · Volume 2 · Issue 3 · Licensed source edition
Adolescents’ Evaluation of Their Parents in Terms of Helicopter Parenting Attitudes
Originally published 2025-02-18 · Children
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) · DOI 10.3390/children12020247 ↗
Editorial reading guide · Independence
Which kind of help would my teenager describe as stepping in too soon?
This article examines how teenagers describe parental behaviour they consider overinvolved. The relevant distinction is whether parental assistance leaves the young person an opportunity to practise a decision.
Who was studied?
Six hundred and ninety-seven adolescents evaluating parental helicopter attitudes.
Age / stage: Adolescence
Read with three questions
- What does the article establish about how teenagers describe parental behaviour they consider overinvolved?
- Whose perspective was recorded, and what might an independent observer have described differently?
- How closely does the population described here match the family or setting you have in mind? The population to compare is six hundred and ninety-seven adolescents evaluating parental helicopter attitudes.
Keep the limits in view
The measures reflect what respondents reported. Associations alone cannot distinguish the direction of influence or exclude other explanations.
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Melike Yavaş Çelik (2025). Adolescents’ Evaluation of Their Parents in Terms of Helicopter Parenting Attitudes Children. https://doi.org/10.3390/children12020247
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