New publication : Short scale for measuring parental overprotection

SAFESORRY is a research project funded by the European Research Council that seeks to understand parenting in a changing social world.

With a diverse team of researchers, we aim to better comprehend how the societal, cultural, economic and historical context shapes the way parents educate their children. On this website, you can read a summary of some of our main results and download publications, or you can subscribe for our newsletter if you wish to remain informed. If you have questions, feel free to contact us. Vous pouvez lire ce site-web en français aussi.

conference presentation 24.03.23Conference: SRCD 2023
media, publication 13.02.23Le Temps: “The counterproductive fear of the teenager’s parent”
conference presentations 08.03.23Conference: ICPS 2023
team 13.02.23Welcome to our new research interns!
results 16.01.23Preliminary results: Flemish data collection
results 20.12.22Preliminary results of the spring 2022 data collection
scientific publication 01.12.22New publication: parental overprotection in the context of pediatric cancer
research 27.10.22Season 2 of SAFE-SORRY now available!
research visit, team 29.09.22CIVIS meeting in Aix-en-Provence
media, publication 26.09.22Le Vif (article and podcast): “Overprotected children: those parents who do too much”
team 01.09.22Welcome, Julie (and congratulations, Cindy)!
conference presentation, results 22.08.22SAFE-SORRY goes to Ireland!
scientific publication 16.08.22To endure or to resist? Coping with overprotection
media, publications 25.07.22De Morgen interview: “Should we go back to authoritarian parenting?”
team 18.07.22Internship opportunities
team 24.06.22We’re hiring!
conference presentation, results 22.06.22Conference presentation: Perceptions of a dangerous world and overprotection
scientific publication 02.06.22New publication : Short scale for measuring parental overprotection
conference presentation, results 01.06.22Conference presentations
results 01.06.22Pilot study: Preliminary results
research 19.04.22Launch of two new studies
media, publications 16.03.22Weekend issue in La Libre : How to not be a perfect parent
recruitment, research 10.03.22Call for Participants!
project, team 02.03.22SAFE SORRY goes international
publications 23.02.22Little children, little problems; big children, big problems?
team 14.02.22Welcome to the new research interns
research 09.02.22Launch of POPAY study
team 06.01.22New FNRS grant
article, publication 01.12.21Two new publications
team 01.12.21Our team is growing!
research center 27.10.21Opening of new research centre
research 21.10.21Official launch of our first study
article, publication 09.09.21Family Process: “Putting parental overprotection into a family systems context”
conference, presentation, publication 06.09.21“Advances in the transition for 16-23-year-olds”
media, publication 29.07.21Chasing Childhood at Docville, Leuven
result 06.07.21Pilot study
media, publication 04.12.20Interview with Daily Science : “La surprotection parentale, est-elle le produit des sociétés inégalitaires?”
media, publication 19.07.20Article in Le Matin Dimanche : “Surprotéger son enfant lui nuit.”

We are excited about our latest publication, which involves an international collaboration led by Basilie Chevrier (Aix Marseilles University, France) and in close collaboration with Belgian, Swiss, and Georgian colleagues from the SAFE-SORRY team. In our paper, we provide a shortened version of the Multidimensional Overprotective Parenting Scale, which is an often-used questionnaire to assess parental overprotection. Further, we provide evidence that the scale can be used reliably across countries (Belgium, Switzerland, and Georgia), among different age groups (adolescents, young adults), and using different informants (youth, parents).

Read or download the paper.