Link between helicopter parents and college age depression?

Is there a link between helicopter parenting and college age depression?

Several recent studies have concluded that college age students were overwhelmed and under prepared for life on their own.

A study conducted in 2013 by the American College Health Association found the following:

• 84.3 percent felt overwhelmed by all they had to do

• 60.5 percent felt very sad

• 57.0 percent felt very lonely

• 51.3 percent felt overwhelming anxiety

• 8.0 percent seriously considered suicide

These results come from over 100,000 college student surveys from over 153 different campuses.

To read more about the depression:helicopter parenting correlation, check out the article Kids of Helicopter Parents Are Sputtering Out