OVERPROTECTIVE PARENTING, IDENTITY, AND FEAR OF MISSING OUT IN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

Abstract

The present study aimed to find out the relationship between Overprotective Parenting, Identity and Fear of Missing Out in University Students. This correlational study included 300 university students from government and private universities in Lahore. Data were collected through stratified random sampling. The study tested the main hypotheses using standard statistical analyses, including the demographic form, My Early Memories of Upbringing adult version ([EMBU-A]; Arrindell et al., 1991), Identity Scale for University Students (Ijaz & Rizvi, 2013) and the Fear of Missing Out Scale (Sabir & Jabeen, 2021) was used. Data were analysed using SPSS (version 20).

 Findings of the correlation showed that overprotective parenting has a significant positive correlation with fear of missing out in university students. Meanwhile, social identity has a negative correlation with fear of missing out in university students. The findings of the t-test showed that students studying in government institutes would have a more arrogant identity. Moreover, students whose mothers are not working would experience more overprotective parenting. The findings of ANOVA showed that university students belong to fourth year of education have more strong social identity. Moreover, mothers’ education was associated with differences in perceived overprotective parenting. Furthermore, fathers with private jobs are more prone towards experience overprotective parenting and fear of missing out in university students.