Students with overprotective parents more vulnerable to anxiety during their transition to university, researchers find

First-year undergraduates who grew up with overly cautious or controlling parents tend to experience increased anxiety when faced with stresses associated with the transition to university, researchers from McGill University and the University of California (Los Angeles) have found. “Parental overprotection moderates the association between recent stressor exposure and anxiety during the transition to university” was published in Development and Psychopathology.

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