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- Title
Parent–Emerging‐Adult‐Child Attachment and Overparenting.
- Authors
Jiao, Jian; Segrin, Chris
- Abstract
Objective: To examine the relationship between parent–child attachment and overparenting during emerging adulthood. Background: Overparenting, a form of developmentally inappropriate parenting that features parental over‐involvement and autonomy‐constraining behavior, has been found to relate to a variety of negative child outcomes; however, there is currently a great need for research that attempts to explain why parents engage in overparenting. Method: Cross‐sectional data were collected from 213 parent–emerging‐adult‐child dyads. Parents completed questionnaires assessing attachment toward their child and overparenting. Emerging‐adult children completed questionnaires assessing attachment toward their parent. Results: Multiple regression results showed parents' attachment anxiety with their children positively predicted overparenting, and parents' attachment avoidance negatively predicted overparenting. Additionally, a positive association was observed between children's attachment avoidance with their parents and overparenting. Conclusion: Overall, the results show that parents were practicing overparenting largely as a function of their own attachment needs rather than their child's attachment characteristics. Implications: The results indicate that those who engage in overparenting may in fact be regulating their own affect as opposed to considering their emerging‐adult child's developmental needs.
- Subjects
ATTACHMENT behavior in children; PARENTAL overprotection; YOUNG adult psychology; PARENTING; ADULT children; ANXIETY; PSYCHOLOGY of parents
- Publication
Family Relations, 2021, Vol 70, Issue 3, p859
- ISSN
0197-6664
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/fare.12473