phobic disorders: a controlled study The role of perceived parental rearing practices in the aetiology of

WILLEMA. ARRINDELL,PAULM. G.EMMELKAMP,ALIEMONSMA and ELSBRILMANSummary: The perceived parental rearing practices and attitudes of socialphobics, agoraphobics, height phobics and non-patient normal controls wereinvestigated, employing the EMBU, an inventory for assessing memories ofupbringing. Findings revealed that, as compared with the controls, socialphobics and height phobics scored both parents not only as lacking inemotional warmth, but also as having been rejective and overprotective.Agoraphobics reported both parents as having lacked emotional warmth, butonly their mothers as being rejecting. Interestingly, the perception of negativerearing practices of parents appeared to be stronger in height phobics than ineither social phobics or agoraphobics.