The Effect of Parental Helicopter Parenting on Subjective Well-Being of College Students:The Chain Mediating Effect of Self-Control and Depression
To explore the relationship between parental helicopter parenting and subjective well-being of college students and the mediating role of self-control and depression in it,a sample of 948 college students were enrolled in the present study to fill out the Helicopter Parenting Scale,The Self-Control Scale,the Depression Self-Rating Scale,and the Subjective Well-Being Scale.The results showed that:1)Parental helicopter parenting significantly and negatively predicted college students'subjective well-being.2)Depression played an independent mediating role between parental helicopter parenting and college students'subjective well-being.3)Self-control and depression had a chain-mediated effect on parental helicopter parenting and college students'subjective well-being.This study reveals the effect of parental helicopter parenting on college students'subjective well-being,which provides implications for improvement of college students'subjective well-being.
helicopter parentingself-controldepressionsubjective well-beingcollege students