ANXIETY AND PARENTING BEHAVIORS DURING EMERGING ADULTHOOD. A LONGITUDINAL ANALYSIS

Emerging adulthood is characterized by changes in close relationships, education, and work. egarding parent-child relationships, research shows the importance of positive family relationships during emerging adulthood and the role they play in preventing emerging adults’ psychological distress over the years. Concretely, research suggest that positive family relationships are associate in a negative way with emerging adults' anxiety. During these years it is necessary a readjustment in the family relationship system in which parent-child relationships are increasingly closer to be a relationships between equals. However, there is a lack of studies focuses on family context using longitudinal analysis. This study examined the stability in emerging adults’ perceptions of parenting behaviors throughout the initial years (Wave 1) and intermediate years (Wave 2) of emerging adulthood and whether these relationships were associated with emerging adults’ anxiet