Objective To explore the correlation between psychosomatic symptoms in asthmatic children' s mothers and parental rearing patterns. Methods Egna Minnen Barndoms Uppfostran(EMBU) was applied to 50 asthmatic children and 31 healthy children.State-Trait Anxiety Inventory(STAI-form Y),Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS) were applied to their mothers.Results The scores of state anxiety,trait anxiety,depression in asthmatic children's mothers were significantly higher than in healthy children's mothers (P all<0.01).The parental rearing patterns between asthmatic children and healthy children were almost the same.The asthmatic children's mothers with lower educational degree had stronger tendency of punishment and sternness.The asthmatic children's fathers with higher educational degree had stronger tendency of excessive interference.The state anxiety and trait anxiety in asthmatic children's mothers were negatively related to emotional warmth and understanding (mother and father).Depression in asthmatic children's mothers was negatively related to emotional warmth and understanding (father). Conclusion Pediatricians should pay attention to psychological help and support of asthmatic children's mothers,improving parental rearing patterns and the life's quality of children and their mothers.