Emerging Adults’ Perceived Life Skills, Self -Regulation, Emotional Regulation, Helicopter Parenting and Autonomy Supportive Behaviours_abstract

Cyprus Turkish Journal of Psychiatry & Psychology Vol.4 Issue.3

Doi:10.35365/ctjpp.22.3.05

RESEARCH ARTICLE / ARAŞTIRMA YAZISI

Emerging Adults’ Perceived Life Skills, Self -Regulation, Emotional Regulation, Helicopter Parenting and Autonomy Supportive Behaviours

Beliren Yetişkinlikte Algılanan Yaşam Becerileri, Öz Düzenleme, Duygu Düzenleme, Helikopter Ana-babalık ve Özerklik Destekleyici Davranışlar

Cansu Hazal Güçlü¹, H. Kübra Özdoğan², Figen Çok³

Abstract:

Life skills have an inclusive effect on various emotional and social aspects of emerging adults’ development. Helicopter parenting is quite common among today’s parents towards their children at various ages including emerging adult children. The relationship between life skills and psychological variables such as emotional regulation, helicopter parenting and autonomy supportive behaviours is important for emerging adults. The aim of this study is to examine the role of self-regulation, emotional regulation, autonomy supportive behaviours and helicopter parenting on emerging adults’ perceived level of life skills. For this purpose, 451 emerging adults (21.7 % male and 78.3 % female) between the ages of 18 and 27 (M = 21.3, SD = 1.92) participated in this study from a comprehensive university from central Turkey. Students’ Perception for Life Skills Questionnaire, Helicopter Parenting and Autonomy Supportive Behaviours Scale, Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale and Self-Regulation Questionnaire were administered to volunteer participants. Stepwise regression analyses revealed that perceived life skills predicted by self-regulation (β =.45, t = 10.872, p = .000) and autonomy supportive behaviours (β =.14, t = 3.43, p = .001). Results are presented and discussed under the light of life skills and related variables.

Keywords: Emerging adults, life skills, autonomy supportive behaviours, self-regulation, helicopter parenting, emotional regulation

¹Assist.Prof., Baskent University, Department of Educational Sciences, Ankara-Turkey. [email protected], Orcid: 0000-0002-8262-2676

²Res. Assist., Baskent University, Department of Educational Sciences, Ankara-Turkey. [email protected], Orcid: 0000-0003-4905-7123

³Prof. Dr., Baskent University, Department of Educational Sciences, Ankara-Turkey. [email protected], Orcid: 0000-0003-2406-1345

Address of Correspondence/Yazışma Adresi: Cansu Hazal Güçlü, Baskent University, Ankara-Turkey, E-mail: [email protected]

Date of Received/Geliş Tarihi: 10.12.2021, Date of Revision/Düzeltme Tarihi: 27.01.2022 Date of Acceptance/Kabul Tarihi: 15.08.2022, Date of Online Publication/Çevirimiçi Yayın Tarihi: 13.09.2022

Citing/Referans Gösterimi: Güçlü, C. H., Özdoğan, H. K. & Çok, F. (2022). Emerging Adults’ Perceived Life Skills, Self -Regulation, Emotion Regulation, Helicopter Parenting and Autonomy Supportive Behaviours, Cyprus Turkish Journal of Psychiatry & Psychology, 4(3): 253-261

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