The primary aim of this study was to test cross-country differences in overparenting with secondary aims to test for subcultural differences within the United States, and to test differential patterns of association between overparenting and related motivational constructs (i.e., parental anxiety and parental achievement motivation) across countries. Participants were 1,020 parents from China, South Korea, the United States, and the United Kingdom who completed online survey measures of overparenting of their teenage children (mean age 17.57–18.75) and related constructs. The results revealed far more consistency than heterogeneity in overparenting and its correlates across the four countries. There were some differences across countries in the correlates of overparenting, but the magnitude of these differences was weak. Within the United States, Black parents reported the highest levels of overparenting, followed by Asian-American, and finally Latino and White parents, with these later two groups reporting identical levels. These subcultural group differences were also modest in magnitude.
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