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- Title
Parent and Child Traits Associated with Overparenting.
- Authors
Segrin, Chris; Woszidlo, Alesia; Givertz, Michelle; Montgomery, Neil
- Abstract
Overparenting involves the application of developmentally inappropriate levels of parental directiveness, tangible assistance, problem-solving, monitoring, and involvement into the lives of children. Based on theories of family enmeshment, effective parenting, and personality development, this parenting behavior was hypothesized to be associated with negative traits in parents (i.e., anxiety and regret) as well as in young adult children (i.e., narcissism, poor coping styles, anxiety, and stress). Participants were 653 parent-adult child dyads from 32 of the 50 United States who completed measures of overparenting and maladaptive traits. A latent variables analysis showed that parental anxiety was positively associated with overparenting, and that parental regret had an indirect effect on overparenting through greater anxiety. In adult children, overparenting was associated with higher levels of narcissism and more ineffective coping skills (e.g., internalizing, distancing). These ineffective coping skills were associated with greater anxiety and stress in young adult children.
- Subjects
PARENT-adult child relationships; CHILD care; PARENTING; NARCISSISM; INTERNALIZING Symptoms Scale for Children; STRESS in adolescence
- Publication
Journal of Social & Clinical Psychology, 2013, Vol 32, Issue 6, p569
- ISSN
0736-7236
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1521/jscp.2013.32.6.569