Parental Involvement An Examination Of The Correlates Of...

The chosen article in option 5 â€Å" Helicopter parents: An examination of the correlates of over-parenting of college students† researches and discusses the role of over-parenting and parental involvement concerning college students, especially in regards to the implications this has on their experience or potential experience in the workplace and college itself. This research was done by designing an online survey with an interval measurement, which was completed by 482 undergraduate college students of a large public American university. Through this online survey, researchers concluded partial truths in 5 hypotheses. The consensus of these 5 hypotheses included the relationship between parental involvement, over-parenting; and†¦show more content†¦As for its’ contribution to ongoing discussions, this topic is quite important as the media and public in general have been discussing how sheltered the â€Å"Millennials† are, therefore, this research con tributes to this concern. As the researchers expressed â€Å"these findings give credence to media claims about the dangers of helicopter parenting and underscore the need to address potential concerns at college and work through appropriate communication and training.† (P. 325) The impact of this research are the authors’ findings of the numerous correlations concerning over-parenting and their proposals to reduces the probability of issues occurring due to over-parenting or â€Å"helicopter parenting† in the workplace and college. For example, in order to solve this issue in college, the authors suggested that during college visits and orientations, the university officials should guide the parents and potential students regarding what is considered to be appropriate and expected parental involvement. The researchers proposed three general questions within the article. These questions pertained to the demographic characteristics concerning over-parenting and p arental involvement, over-parenting, and parental involvement in relation to the students’ college experience and lastly parental involvement, over-parenting and its relation to students’ responses to workplace scenarios.Show MoreRelatedParental Behavior : Helicopter Parenting1069 Words   |  5 PagesThe term â€Å"helicopter parenting† comes from the parenting style of overparenting. This particular type of parental behavior gives the title to parents who have a tendency to â€Å"hover† over their children in order to protect them from failures, disappointments, harm, and faults. 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