TY - JOUR
T1 - Young Adult and Parent Perceptions of Facilitation
T2 - Associations with Overparenting, Family Functioning, and Student Adjustment
AU - Burke, Tricia J.
AU - Segrin, Chris
AU - Farris, Kristen L.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2018/7/3
Y1 - 2018/7/3
N2 - Overparenting occurs when parents engage in developmentally inappropriate involvement in their children’s lives. This topic is salient in the context of young adults attending college, as this developmental stage necessitates independent decision-making and adjustment on the part of these students. At the same time, the turbulence involved in this transition might engender parental interference and facilitation that could impact young adults’ adjustment and perceived family functioning. This study used structural equation modeling to examine overparenting, perceived interference, facilitation, student adjustment, and family functioning in 302 parent–young adult dyads. Results indicated that overparenting was associated with facilitation, but not interference. Whereas this association was negative for young adults, it was positive for parents. This pattern was also reflected in the indirect effects of overparenting on student adjustment through young adults’ versus parents’ perceived facilitation. Young adults appear to have better outcomes when they perceive their parents to be facilitating their goals.
AB - Overparenting occurs when parents engage in developmentally inappropriate involvement in their children’s lives. This topic is salient in the context of young adults attending college, as this developmental stage necessitates independent decision-making and adjustment on the part of these students. At the same time, the turbulence involved in this transition might engender parental interference and facilitation that could impact young adults’ adjustment and perceived family functioning. This study used structural equation modeling to examine overparenting, perceived interference, facilitation, student adjustment, and family functioning in 302 parent–young adult dyads. Results indicated that overparenting was associated with facilitation, but not interference. Whereas this association was negative for young adults, it was positive for parents. This pattern was also reflected in the indirect effects of overparenting on student adjustment through young adults’ versus parents’ perceived facilitation. Young adults appear to have better outcomes when they perceive their parents to be facilitating their goals.
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U2 - 10.1080/15267431.2018.1467913
DO - 10.1080/15267431.2018.1467913
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85046016381
VL - 18
SP - 233
EP - 247
JO - Journal of Family Communication
JF - Journal of Family Communication
SN - 1526-7431
IS - 3
ER -