Authors : Haripriya A; Liya Jose; Maneesha Elizabath; Manju Raju; Maria Scaria; Mariya Thomas; Milu Jojo; Rida Fathima; Sherin Raju; Sneha Sony; Swetha Anil; Aswathi S. N; Jisha C; Jinciya Fernandez

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Abstract : We conducted a research study to assess the level of helicopter parenting style among college students in selected college, Kannur district. The objectives of the study was to assess the level of helicopter parenting style among college students and to find the association between level of helicopter parenting style with selected demographic variables. The research study was held at Crescent College of Pharmaceutical Science, Madayi, Payangadi using quantitative approach and non-experimental cross-sectional design. The samples constitute of 100 college students and are selected by convenient sampling technique. Data was collected from the samples by using helicopter parenting scale and was analysed by using descriptive and inferential statistics. The study finding revealed that 19% of college students had mild level of helicopter parenting style, 57% had moderate level of helicopter parenting style, 21% had severe level of helicopter parenting style, and 3% had extremely severe level of helicopter parenting style. Chi square analysis was used to bring out the association between level of helicopter parenting style and selected demographic variables. The result showed that there is no significant association between level of helicopter parenting style and the selected demographic variables such as age, gender, religion, parents (mothers) educational status, parents (mothers) occupation, parents marital status, family type, parents current status and siblings. The study showed that out of 100 samples, 57% had moderate helicopter parenting style. This reveals that parents need more awareness and knowledge regarding helicopter parenting and its negative impacts on their children.

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