TY - JOUR
T1 - Helicopter parenting, parental psychological and behavioral control revisited
T2 - Assessing constructs across the United States and South Korea
AU - Zhang, Yue
AU - Hwang, Woosang
AU - Jung, Eunjoo
AU - Kim, Seong Hee
AU - Sin, Hye Lim
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - This study examined the construct validity of helicopter parenting by comparing this construct with other close relevant constructs of psychological control and behavioral control, using a cross-cultural comparison approach. Data were collected from college students in the United States (N = 380) and South Korea (N = 204). Multi-group structural equation modeling analyses indicated that helicopter parenting was a correlated yet separate construct, compared with psychological control and behavioral control in both the US and Korea samples, suggesting a convergent and discriminant validity cross-culturally. Several items in helicopter parenting, psychological control, and behavioral control were more associated with Korean contexts. This study contributes to the extant literature by investigating the validity issue of helicopter parenting in a cross-cultural context, providing an in-depth understanding of parental control practices across Eastern and Western cultures.
AB - This study examined the construct validity of helicopter parenting by comparing this construct with other close relevant constructs of psychological control and behavioral control, using a cross-cultural comparison approach. Data were collected from college students in the United States (N = 380) and South Korea (N = 204). Multi-group structural equation modeling analyses indicated that helicopter parenting was a correlated yet separate construct, compared with psychological control and behavioral control in both the US and Korea samples, suggesting a convergent and discriminant validity cross-culturally. Several items in helicopter parenting, psychological control, and behavioral control were more associated with Korean contexts. This study contributes to the extant literature by investigating the validity issue of helicopter parenting in a cross-cultural context, providing an in-depth understanding of parental control practices across Eastern and Western cultures.
KW - Behavioral control
KW - Emerging adults
KW - Helicopter parenting
KW - Psychological control
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U2 - 10.3138/JCFS.51.1.004
DO - 10.3138/JCFS.51.1.004
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85090441623
VL - 51
SP - 59
EP - 83
JO - Journal of Comparative Family Studies
JF - Journal of Comparative Family Studies
SN - 0047-2328
IS - 1
ER -