The overinvolvement of an adolescent can continue well into adulthood.

"In fact, you're more likely to see overinvolvement on the parent's part or overprotection of the child."

Sometimes the opposite occurs, and the middle-aged child encourages the overinvolvement.

The case has focused a national spotlight on parental overinvolvement in youth sports.

When the overinvolvement is encouraged by the parents, it may be symbolic of other losses suffered.

Don't worry, Roy, your overinvolvement with her is normal.

Parental overinvolvement may lead to negative outcomes in children, including higher levels of depression and anxiety.

The biggest obstacle preventing her from returning to school, she said, is her overinvolvement in the business.

She bemoans parents' overinvolvement in school and sports.

That's one way she draws the line between herself and the dreaded "helicopter" syndrome of parental overinvolvement.

For Paul, however, the goal is reducing what he describes as US overinvolvement abroad.

I The problem of premature commitment and overinvolvement I in a dating relationship is a common one.

Overinvolvement by close relatives seems to be implicated in relapse of an established schizophrenic illness.

Two patterns of family involvement can help clinicians plan family interventions: overinvolvement and neglect.

Oddly, a partner's indifference to investing can weigh just as heavily as overinvolvement.

Later I would scratch a note for Nathan: "Provide author/player warning about overinvolvement."

The attentive, well-meaning service sometimes risks overinvolvement.

This time, the chorus sang exquisitely, for "Madame Jeanette" succeeds by precision or fails by overinvolvement.

Why We Don't Wait If there are such benefits to dating at a gradual pace, then why do we see so much overinvolvement?

In his first year of office, Mr. Bush belittled what he felt was the overinvolvement of the Clinton administration in the Middle East.

Interviews were tape-recorded so that a trained rater could play back the tape and rate the relatives on: critical comments, hostility, overinvolvement, warmth and positive remarks.

What this means is that hockey has become a kind of recipe for parental overinvolvement - an extreme example of what is happening to youth sports in general.

Sometimes the resistance of an anorexic patient to regaining weight has as much to do with the mother's overinvolvement in the patient's life as her own unwillingness to change.

But Ms. Allen and other board members say it has been Mr. Levitt's overinvolvement and determination to have things done his way that caused his ouster.

To the Editor: The increasing number of children suffering repetitive sports injuries is just one more indication of American parents' overinvolvement in every aspect of their children's lives.