Helicopter parenting continues to be an important issue for social science researchers. Researchers continually seek to understand this phenomenon within the context of the college student population. One of the core issues challenging this body of research is the continued tendency and focus towards understanding helicopter parenting through a quantitative lens while overlooking the theoretical foundation upon which this research is built. Through a grounded theory approach, this qualitative study seeks to begin to build a theoretical foundation through interviews of a sample of 20 college students who have experienced helicopter parenting in their own life. Four distinct types of helicopter parenting were discovered and used to begin to create a substantive theory for this field. The empirical implications of how this theoretical discovery could bolster and unify the field, how these findings could fit within the current research literature, and the practical implications for parents and professionals were also discussed. / A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Family and Child Sciences in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. / 2019 / November 12, 2019. / College age adults, Grounded Theory, Helicopter Parenting, Parent-child relationship, Parenting, Qualitative / Includes bibliographical references. / Ming Cui, Professor Co-Directing Dissertation; Marsha Rehm, Professor Co-Directing Dissertation; Karen Randolph, University Representative; Joseph Grzywacz, Committee Member.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_752326 |
| Contributors | Allen, Jeffery William (author), Cui, Ming, 1971- (professor co-directing dissertation), Rehm, Marsha Lynn (professor co-directing dissertation), Randolph, Karen A. (university representative), Grzywacz, Joseph G. (committee member), Florida State University (degree granting institution), College of Human Sciences (degree granting college), Department of Family and Child Sciences (degree granting departmentdgg) |
| Publisher | Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text, doctoral thesis |
| Format | 1 online resource (102 pages), computer, application/pdf |
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