Volume 62, Issue 8 pp. 2731-2741
RESEARCH ARTICLE

Digital Addiction, Perceived Helicopter Parental Attitudes and Dissociative Experiences: Examining Relationality in Adolescents

Sercan Mansuroğlu

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Sercan Mansuroğlu

Department of Health Care Services, Kütahya Health Sciences University Kütahya Vocational School, Kütahya, Türkiye

Correspondence: Sercan Mansuroğlu ([email protected]; [email protected])

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First published: 02 April 2025

ABSTRACT

Today, the increase in digital addiction (DA) and the impact of helicopter parenting on adolescents' mental health are becoming increasingly evident. While dissociative experiences (DE) draw attention as a problem that negatively affects the individual's perception of reality, the relationship of these two factors with such experiences gains importance. The objective of this study is to reveal the predictive power of adolescents’ DAs and perceived helicopter parental attitudes (PHPA) on DE. This study, in which the correlational survey model was used, was conducted with 543 adolescents. Data were collected using sociodemographic form, digital addiction scale, perceived helicopter parent scale and adolescent dissociative experiences scale. DA level and PHPA were found to have a significant effect on adolescents’ DE. While adolescents' DA level alone and with perceived helicopter father attitude (PHFA) had an effect on DE. When perceived helicopter mother attitude (PHMA) came into play, father attitude lost its significance and DA and PHMA together predicted adolescents' DE. In addition, adolescents who perceived their parents as “helicopter mother” and “normally father” had significantly higher DE scores. DA and PHPA cause adolescents to have DE. The PHMA eliminated the function of the father on adolescents' DE. Moreover, children with helicopter mother perception and normal father perception had more DE. These are important results showing the impact of digital addiction and parents, especially the mother, on the personality development of adolescents.

Summary

  • Digital addiction and perceived helicopter parenting attitudes predicted adolescents' dissociative experiences.

  • The helicopter parenting attitude of the mother eliminated the function of the father on adolescents' dissociative experiences.

  • Children with helicopter mother perception and normal father perception had more dissociative experiences.

Conflicts of Interest

The author declares no conflict of interest.

Data Availability Statement

Data supporting the results of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request. Furthermore, all data analyzed during this study are declared to be included in the present article.

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