Helicopter Parenting: A Review

Year 2025, Volume: 17 Issue: 2, 272 - 282

Almaz Bannayeva , Aslı Sarandöl

https://doi.org/10.18863/pgy.1484671

Abstract

Helicopter parenting is defined as overprotective, overcontrolling and perfectionist parental attitudes that are obsessively interested in all aspects of their children's lives. In recent years, with the development of technology, helicopter parenting has become more common. Although helicopter parents behave these attitudes to protect the well-being of their children, studies show that helicopter attitudes mainly negatively affect children's development and these individuals experience more difficulties in the future. The aim of the study is to contribute to the literature by bringing together studies examining helicopter parenting attitudes and the effects of these attitudes on individuals' lives and to offer suggestions for experts working on this subject. In the article firstly, studies on the concept of helicopter parenting, its history and the assessment of helicopter attitude are reviewed. Then, the characteristics of parents with helicopter attitudes, the factors that trigger the emergence of this attitude, and research on the differentiation of helicopter attitudes in terms of parents and children were examined. Finally, studies examining the effects of helicopter attitudes on the development of the individual and these attitudes relationship with psychopathologies were compiled.

Keywords

helicopter parenting, development, psychopathology

Helikopter Ebeveynlik: Bir Gözden Geçirme

Abstract

Helikopter ebeveynlik, çocuklarının hayatlarının tüm yönleri ile takıntılı sayılabilecek düzeyde ilgilenen, aşırı koruyucu, kontrolcü ve mükemmeliyetçi anne-baba tutumları olarak tanımlanmaktadır. Son yıllarda teknolojinin gelişimiyle birlikte helikopter ebeveynliğin daha fazla yaygınlaştığı görülmektedir. Helikopter ebeveynler bu tutumları her ne kadar çocuklarının iyiliğini gözetmek için sergileseler de yapılan çalışmalar helikopter tutumların çocukların gelişimini çoğunlukla olumsuz yönde etkilediğini ve bu bireylerin yaşamlarının ilerleyen dönemlerinde daha fazla zorluk yaşadığını göstermektedir. Çalışmanın amacı, helikopter ebeveynlik tutumlarını ve bu tutumların bireylerin yaşamı üzerindeki etkilerini inceleyen araştırmaları bir araya getirerek alanyazına katkıda bulunmak ve bu konuda çalışan uzmanlar için öneriler sunmaktır. Makalede öncelikle helikopter ebeveynlik kavramına, tarihçesine ve helikopter tutumun değerlendirilmesine dair çalışmalar gözden geçirilmiştir. Ardından helikopter tutuma sahip ebeveynlerin özellikleri, bu tutumun ortaya çıkmasını tetikleyen faktörler ve helikopter tutumların ebeveynler ve çocuklar açısından farklılaşmasına dair araştırmalar incelenmiştir. Son olarak helikopter tutumların bireyin gelişimi üzerindeki etkilerini ve psikopatolojilerle ilişkisini inceleyen çalışmalar derlenmiştir.

Keywords

helikopter ebeveynlik, gelişim, psikopatoloji

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