Parenting Styles, Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms in Child/Adolescent.

Objective: To analyse the possible direct and interactive associations of sex, age and parenting styles with symptoms of depression and anxiety.

Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 710 students ranging from 8 to 13 years (mean age 108 years [ 075]), the most of them males ( = 422 594%), completed three screening instruments: a parenting practices scale and two self-reports for evaluating anxiety and depressive symptoms. Two hierarchical multiple regression analyses were performed.

Results: Authoritative (386%) and neglectful (38%) parenting styles were predominant. Symptoms of depression - (3 706) = 312 = 03- and anxiety - (3 706) = 283 = 4- differed by parenting styles. Students with a neglectful parenting style reported significant lower generalized anxiety symptoms than those whose parents used authoritative parenting.

Clinical Implications: Children ages 8 to 13 years-old with authoritative parenting style should be evaluated for possible presence of generalized anxiety symptoms.