Objective To investigate parental rearing styles in children with emotional disorder,and provide specific direction for mental intervention. Methods A total of 70 outpatients with emotional disorder and their parents and 140 normal children and their parents were enrolled.All children completed general information questionnaire and parents completed Egma Minnen Bardnom Uppforstran. Results Scores had statistically differences among emotioal warmth and undstanding of parents,preference for testees of paternal,rejection and deny of paternal between two group(P<0.05).There were statistically differences among emotioal warmth and understanding of paternal(19 items),preference for testees of paternal(3 items),rejection and deny of paternal(1 items),emotioal warmth and understanding of maternal(17 items)between two group(P all<0.05).Paternal rearing styles were correlated with maternal rearing styles in case group(P<0.05). Couclusions Low emotioal warmth and undstanding of parents,low preference for testees and high rejection and deny of paternal are the characteristics of parental rearing styles in children with emotional disorder,and the characteristics have negative interaction embodied in children which is children couldn't feel their parental agreement,favor,encourage,support,etc.