This paper is published in Volume-7, Issue-3, 2021
Area
Psychology
Author
B. Krishna Priya, S. Thenmozhi
Org/Univ
University of Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Pub. Date
11 June, 2021
Paper ID
V7I3-1797
Publisher
Keywords
Adolescents, Helicopter parenting, psychological well-being,

Citationsacebook

IEEE
B. Krishna Priya, S. Thenmozhi. Helicopter Parenting and Psychological Well-being among Indian and United States Adolescents, International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology, www.IJARIIT.com.

APA
B. Krishna Priya, S. Thenmozhi (2021). Helicopter Parenting and Psychological Well-being among Indian and United States Adolescents. International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology, 7(3) www.IJARIIT.com.

MLA
B. Krishna Priya, S. Thenmozhi. "Helicopter Parenting and Psychological Well-being among Indian and United States Adolescents." International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology 7.3 (2021). www.IJARIIT.com.

Abstract

Parents play an important role in a child’s life. Parents’ style of raising their children can largely determine a child’s overall development. In addition to the various parenting styles such as authoritarian, authoritative, and permissive parenting styles (Baumrind,1966), helicopter parenting has become a common parenting style for raising children. Helicopter parenting is a parenting style that involves parents who are potentially over-involved in their child's lives (Padilla-Walker & Nelson,2012). Parents have high expectations about providing their children the best resources possible to make their life easier and often get over-involved in this process. Parents who adopt this type of parenting style often believe that it can help their children to flourish in life. Psychological well-being describes the important aspects of human functioning ranging from positive relationships to feelings of competence, to having meaning and purpose in life (Diener et al., 2010). This research aims to study the relationship between helicopter parenting and psychological well-being among Indian and United States of America (USA) adolescents. A sample of Indian and US adolescents (n=60) ranging from 16-21 years were chosen for this study. The adolescent’s perception of their parent’s helicopter parenting behaviour was measured using Helicopter Parenting Instrument and the adolescent’s psychological well-being was measured using the Flourishing Scale. The study results indicated no significant relationship between perceived helicopter parenting and psychological well-being among Indian and US adolescents.