The Effect of Helicopter Father Attitude on Adolescents' Psychological Resilience

This study aimed to investigate the effect of helicopter father attitude on the psychological resilience of adolescents. The study employed the relational screening method, a quantitative research approach. The study group consisted of 717 high school students. The researcher prepared a “Personal Information Form” to collect information from the participants, a “Perceived Helicopter Parent Scale” to assess their perceived attitude towards helicopter parenting, and a “Child and Adolescent Psychological Resilience Scale” to evaluate their levels of psychological resilience. The study employed independent sample t-tests, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), Pearson correlation analysis, and simple linear regression analysis to analyze the data. As a result of the analyses, a significant difference was found between the gender variable of adolescents and the ethical and moral life, basic trust, and life skills, as well as the academic-school life sub-dimensions of the helicopter father attitude. A significant difference was found between the economic level variable and the basic trust and life skills sub-dimension of helicopter father attitude. A significant difference was found between the father's education level and the helicopter father attitude, and all its sub-dimensions. A significant positive relationship was found between psychological resilience and the total score for the helicopter father, as well as the academic-school life and emotional and personal life sub-dimensions. As a result of regression analysis, it was determined that helicopter father attitude predicted psychological resilience and explained variance value (R² = .03) and regression coefficient (β = .199).