Associations between maternal and paternal parenting behaviors, anxiety and its precursors in early childhood: A meta-analysis

In this meta-analysis we investigated differential associations between maternal and paternal parenting behaviors (overcontrol, overprotection, overinvolvement, autonomy granting, challenging parenting) and anxiety and its precursors (fearful temperament, behavioral inhibition, shyness) in children (0–5 years). Two meta-analyses were conducted, one for mothers (k = 28, N = 5,728), and one for fathers (k = 12, N = 1,019). In general, associations...