Parental Autonomy Granting and Child Perceived Control: Effects on the Everyday Emotional Experience of Anxious Youth

Childhood anxiety is associated with a lack of mastering and control. A group of anxious youth were examined to study the relationships among parental autonomy granting, child perceived control, and child emotional reactivity in negative life events. Results revealed that both parental autonomy granting and child perceived control were important for anxious youth to deal with negative life events.