The Moderator Effect of Internal Prosocial Behaviors on the Relationship Between Helicopter Parenting and External Prosocial Behaviors

Year 2024, Issue: 61, 1827 - 1843, 27.09.2024

Samet Ata , Gülçin Güler Öztekin

https://doi.org/10.53444/deubefd.1389349

Abstract

The rate of helicopter parenting, which is one of the parenting styles, has been increasing in recent years and this style might have negative effects on the individuals' lives. Prosocial behaviors are the actions expected to be displayed in the society and the attitudes of the parents are effective on these behaviors. It is important to determine these effects to contribute to the healthy development of individuals. Thus, this study aimed to investigate the gender differences in helicopter parenting and prosocial behaviors, to reveal the relationships between age and helicopter parenting and prosocial behaviors, and to determine whether internal prosocial behaviors acted as a moderator in the relationship between maternal/paternal helicopter parenting and external prosocial behaviors. Path analysis, which is an advanced statistical model, was used to determine the moderator effect of internal prosocial behaviors. Data were collected from 363 adolescents with a mean age of 16.08 years. Data were obtained with the "Helicopter Parent Attitude/s Scale" and "Adolescent Prosociality Scale". The results showed that adolescents girls exhibited more prosocial behaviors than boys. There was an inverse and significant relationship between age and paternal helicopter parenting. Internal prosocial behaviors acted as a moderator in the relationship between maternal/paternal helicopter parenting and external prosocial behaviors. The findings of the current study suggest that helicopter parenting has an adverse impact on external prosocial behaviors and internal prosocial behaviors may regulate this relationship.

Keywords

adolescence, helicopter parenting, prosocial behaviors, moderator effect

Helikopter Ebeveynlik ve Dışsal Prososyal Davranışlar Arasındaki İlişkide İçsel Prososyal Davranışların Düzenleyici Etkisi

Abstract

Helikopter ebeveynlik adı verilen bir ebeveynlik tarzının yaygınlığı son yıllarda artmaktadır ve bu tarz bireylerin yaşamları üzerinde olumsuz etkilere sahip olabilir. Prososyal davranışlar, toplumda sergilenmesi beklenen eylemlerdir ve ebeveynlerin tutumları bu davranışlar üzerinde etkilidir. Bireylerin sağlıklı gelişimine katkıda bulunmak için bu etkilerin belirlenmesi önemlidir. Bu nedenle, bu çalışma cinsiyet farklarını, helikopter ebeveynliği ve prososyal davranışları incelemeyi, yaş ile helikopter ebeveynliği ve prososyal davranışlar arasındaki ilişkileri ortaya koymayı ve içsel prososyal davranışların anne/baba helikopter ebeveynliği ile dışsal prososyal davranışlar arasındaki ilişkide bir düzenleyici değişken olup olmadığını belirlemeyi amaçlamaktadır. İleri istatistiksel bir model olan yol analizi içsel prososyal davranışların düzenleyici etkisini belirlemek için kullanılmıştır. Veriler, yaş ortalaması 16.08 olan 363 ergenden toplanmıştır. Veriler "Algılanan Helikopter Ebeveyn Tutum Ölçeği" ve "Ergen Prososyallik Ölçeği" ile elde edilmiştir. Sonuçlar, ergen kızların ergen erkeklere göre daha fazla prososyal davranış sergilediğini göstermiştir. Yaş ile baba helikopter ebeveynliği arasında ters yönde ve anlamlı bir ilişki bulunmuştur. İçsel prososyal davranışlar, anne/baba helikopter ebeveynliği ile dışsal prososyal davranışlar arasındaki ilişkide bir düzenleyici değişken olarak işlev göstermiştir. Bu çalışmanın bulguları, helikopter ebeveynliğin dışsal prososyal davranışlar üzerinde olumsuz bir etkisi olduğunu ve içsel prososyal davranışların bu ilişkiyi düzenleyebileceğini öne sürmektedir.

Keywords

ergenlik, prososyal davranışlar, helikopter ebeveynlik, düzenleyici etki

Ethical Statement

22.06.2023-E.73541 tarih ve sayısı ile Ağrı İbrahim Çeçen Üniversitesi Etik Kurulundan gerekli izinler alınmıştır.

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