A multidimensional construct of helicopter parenting and college students’ game and social media addictive behaviors: A cross-cultural study in South Korea and China

Frontiers in Psychology

Psychology

Eunjoo Jung¹  Xiaoyu Fu¹  Woosang Hwang²  Yue Zhang³  Seonghee Kim⁴ 

[1] Department of Human Development and Family Science, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, United States;Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, United States;Department of Psychology, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA, United States;Research Institute for Liberal Education, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea;

关键词: helicopter parenting;    game addiction;    social media addiction;    cross-cultural study;    China;    South Korea;    emerging adulthood;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1022914

 received in 2022-08-19, accepted in 2022-12-28,  发布年份 2023

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

IntroductionWe explored latent classes of helicopter parenting among Korean and Chinese college students. In addition, we examined whether these latent classes of helicopter parenting are related to Korean and Chinese students’ game and social media addictive behaviors.MethodsA three-step latent class analysis was conducted using 452 students from six universities in South Korea and 372 students from four universities in China.Results and discussionWe identified four distinct helicopter parenting latent classes among the parents of Korean and Chinese students: weak, strong, academic management, and academic and schedule management. We also found that Korean students in the strong class reported significantly higher levels of game and social media addictive behaviors than those in the other three classes, but this did not hold for Chinese students. This finding indicates that the association between helicopter parenting and college students’ game and social media addictive behaviors can be differentiated within Asian cultural contexts.

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