TY - JOUR
T1 - Parental control and college students’ depressive symptoms
T2 - A latent class analysis
AU - Hwang, Woosang
AU - Jung, Eunjoo
AU - Hadi, Narges
AU - Kim, Seonghee
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2024/2
Y1 - 2024/2
N2 - We examined how maternal and paternal parental control (helicopter parenting, behavioral control, and psychological control) among college students are related to their depressive symptoms. We collected data from college students who attended a private university in Upstate New York (n = 455) and analyzed it using three-step latent class analysis. Latent class analysis identified four parental control latent classes: weak parental control, strong psychological control, strong helicopter parenting, and strong parental control. College students in the weak parental control class reported lower depressive symptoms than those in strong psychological control and strong parental control classes. In addition, college students in the strong helicopter parenting class reported lower depressive symptoms than those in strong psychological control and strong parental control classes. College students’ depressive symptoms were not significantly different between weak parental control and strong helicopter parenting classes. Future researchers are encouraged to continue to acknowledge the characteristics of different forms of parental control and their influence on college students’ quality of life in the transition to adulthood, considering the unique approaches of both parents.
AB - We examined how maternal and paternal parental control (helicopter parenting, behavioral control, and psychological control) among college students are related to their depressive symptoms. We collected data from college students who attended a private university in Upstate New York (n = 455) and analyzed it using three-step latent class analysis. Latent class analysis identified four parental control latent classes: weak parental control, strong psychological control, strong helicopter parenting, and strong parental control. College students in the weak parental control class reported lower depressive symptoms than those in strong psychological control and strong parental control classes. In addition, college students in the strong helicopter parenting class reported lower depressive symptoms than those in strong psychological control and strong parental control classes. College students’ depressive symptoms were not significantly different between weak parental control and strong helicopter parenting classes. Future researchers are encouraged to continue to acknowledge the characteristics of different forms of parental control and their influence on college students’ quality of life in the transition to adulthood, considering the unique approaches of both parents.
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U2 - 10.1371/journal.pone.0287142
DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0287142
M3 - Article
C2 - 38324521
AN - SCOPUS:85184607909
SN - 1932-6203
VL - 19
JO - PloS one
JF - PloS one
IS - 2 February
M1 - e0287142
ER -