Helicopter parenting, defined as a form of overinvolved parenting of young adult children, is shown to be associated with young adult children’s well-being. Furthermore, the phenomenon of helicopter parenting is increasingly evident across various cultures. In this study, the association between helicopter parenting and young adult children’s well-being problems was examined, and the associations were compared between samples of American and Finnish young adults. With a sample of 441 American and 306 Finnish university students, results from path models suggested that maternal and paternal helicopter parenting was associated with university students’ symptoms of anxiety and depression, life dissatisfaction, and emotional dysregulation. Furthermore, even though the mean levels of helicopter parenting were lower among Finnish parents as compared with American parents, the associations between helicopter parenting and young adults’ well-being problems were, in general, equally significant. The implications for university students, parents of students, educators, and university administrators from different cultural backgrounds were also discussed.

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直升机育儿与年轻人的幸福感：美国和芬兰的比较

直升机式育儿，被定义为对年轻成年儿童过度参与的一种形式，被证明与年轻成年儿童的福祉有关。此外，直升机育儿现象在不同文化中越来越明显。在这项研究中，研究了直升机养育与年轻成年儿童福祉问题之间的关联，并比较了美国和芬兰年轻成人样本之间的关联。对 441 名美国大学生和 306 名芬兰大学生的样本，路径模型的结果表明，母亲和父亲的直升机养育与大学生的焦虑和抑郁、生活不满和情绪失调等症状有关。此外，尽管与美国父母相比，芬兰父母的直升机养育平均水平较低，但直升机养育与年轻人的幸福问题之间的关联总体上同样显着。还讨论了对来自不同文化背景的大学生、学生家长、教育工作者和大学管理人员的影响。