Parenting Journal · Volume 2 · Issue 2 · Licensed source edition
Helicopter parenting during emerging adulthood: Consequences for career identity and adaptability
Originally published 2022-09-21 · Frontiers in Psychology
Frontiers Media SA · DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.886979 ↗
Editorial reading guide · Independence
What career decision would my young adult like to own, even if they ask for advice?
This article examines how career identity and adaptability relate to parental overinvolvement as young adults take on career decisions. The relevant distinction is whether parental assistance leaves the young person an opportunity to practise a decision.
Who was studied?
Canadian university students reporting family involvement and career development.
Age / stage: Emerging adulthood
Read with three questions
- What does the article establish about how career identity and adaptability relate to parental overinvolvement as young adults take on career decisions?
- 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 canadian university students reporting family involvement and career development.
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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Joshua E LeBlanc; Sean T Lyons (2022). Helicopter parenting during emerging adulthood: Consequences for career identity and adaptability Frontiers in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.886979
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