Fingerman Karen L, Cheng Yen-Pi, Wesselmann Eric D, Zarit Steven, Furstenberg Frank, Birditt Kira S
Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station, A2702, Austin, TX 78712.
Department of Psychological Sciences, Purdue University, 703 3rd Street, Lafayette, IN 47907.
J Marriage Fam. 2012 Aug;74(4):880-896. doi: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2012.00987.x.
Popular media describe adverse effects of helicopter parents who provide intense support to grown children, but few studies have examined implications of such intense support. Grown children (N = 592, M age = 23.82 years, 53% female, 35% members of racial/ethnic minority groups) and their parents (n = 399, M age = 50.67 years, 52% female; 34% members of racial/ethnic minority groups) reported on the support they exchanged with one another. Intense support involved parents' providing several types of support (e.g., financial, advice, emotional) many times a week. Parents and grown children who engaged in such frequent support viewed it as nonnormative (i.e., too much support), but grown children who received intense support reported better psychological adjustment and life satisfaction than grown children who did not receive intense support. Parents who perceived their grown children as needing too much support reported poorer life satisfaction. The discussion focuses on generational differences in the implications of intense parental involvement during young adulthood.
大众媒体描述了“直升机式父母”对成年子女过度支持所产生的负面影响，但很少有研究探讨这种过度支持的影响。成年子女（N = 592，平均年龄 = 23.82岁，53%为女性，35%为少数种族/族裔群体成员）及其父母（n = 399，平均年龄 = 50.67岁，52%为女性；34%为少数种族/族裔群体成员）报告了他们相互给予的支持。过度支持包括父母每周多次提供多种类型的支持（如经济支持、建议、情感支持等）。参与这种频繁支持的父母和成年子女认为这是非正常的（即支持过多），但接受过度支持的成年子女报告说，他们的心理调适和生活满意度比未接受过度支持的成年子女更好。认为自己的成年子女需要过多支持的父母报告的生活满意度较低。讨论聚焦于成年早期父母过度参与的影响在代际间的差异。
