Parenting Journal · Volume 2 · Issue 4 · Licensed source edition
Construct Diversity in Measures of Helicopter Parenting in Emerging Adulthood
Originally published 2026-01-09 · Emerging Adulthood (Print)
SAGE Publications · DOI 10.1177/21676968251407137 ↗
Editorial reading guide · Independence
Would different questionnaires describe the same parental help as overinvolvement?
This article examines how different instruments define helicopter parenting in emerging adulthood. The relevant distinction is whether parental assistance leaves the young person an opportunity to practise a decision.
Who was studied?
Emerging adults asked to evaluate questionnaire items meant to describe helicopter parenting.
Age / stage: Emerging adulthood
Read with three questions
- What does the article establish about how different instruments define helicopter parenting in emerging adulthood?
- Which items capture the construct, and which aspects of daily life might they miss?
- How closely does the population described here match the family or setting you have in mind? The population to compare is emerging adults asked to evaluate questionnaire items meant to describe helicopter parenting.
Keep the limits in view
Ratings of item meanings address whether instruments measure the same construct. They do not estimate outcomes for children receiving a particular kind of help.
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Andrea L Howard; Sydney Bota; Megan Lamb (2026). Construct Diversity in Measures of Helicopter Parenting in Emerging Adulthood Emerging Adulthood (Print). https://doi.org/10.1177/21676968251407137
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