The purpose of this study was to examine whether psychological needs satisfaction mediated the association between helicopter parenting and emerging adults’ prosocial tendencies. There were 288 participants with an average age of 19.72 (SD = 1.77) who completed an online survey including measures of maternal and paternal helicopter parenting; satisfaction of the psychological needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness; as well as the prosocial outcomes of empathic concern, perspective-taking, and helping others. There was an indirect effect of maternal helicopter parenting on empathetic concern, perspective-taking, and prosocial behaviors through autonomy. There was also an indirect effect of both maternal and paternal helicopter parenting on empathetic concern through relatedness. Helicopter parenting was associated with less autonomy and sense of relatedness, which were both associated with fewer prosocial tendencies among emerging adults. There were no other direct or indirect effects of maternal or paternal helicopter parenting on emerging adults’ prosocial tendencies. Given that satisfaction of psychological needs has been found to promote intrinsically motivated behavior and facilitate the internal regulation of behavior that is extrinsically motivated in prior research, the relationship between helicopter parenting and decreased psychological needs satisfaction found in this study is concerning. If helicopter parenting shifts emerging adults’ motivation for prosocial behavior from more intrinsic to extrinsic sources, then they may engage in fewer prosocial behaviors and may not experience the sense of well-being typically associated with doing them.

这项研究的目的是检验心理需求的满意度是否介导了直升飞机育儿与新兴成年人亲社会倾向之间的联系。共有288名平均年龄为19.72（SD = 1.77）的参与者完成了一项在线调查，其中包括对母婴直升飞机育儿的测量；满足对自治，能力和相关性的心理需求；以及移情，关注观点和帮助他人的亲社会成果。产妇直管父母的行为通过自主权对移情，关注观点和亲社会行为具有间接影响。父母之间的亲密关系也对父母直系父母的父母教养产生了间接影响。直升机育儿与较少的自主权和亲密感相关，而这两者均与新兴成年人的亲社会倾向较少相关。产妇或父亲的直升飞机育儿对新兴成年人的亲社会倾向没有其他直接或间接的影响。鉴于已经发现对心理需求的满足可以促进内在动机的行为，并促进先前研究中外在动机的行为的内部调节，因此，在本研究中发现的直升机育儿与心理需求满意度下降之间的关系值得关注。如果直升飞机的养育方式将新兴成年人的亲社会行为动机从更多的内在来源转移到了外在来源，