The aim of this research was to determine the correlation between parental restrictive control and students’ internalized difficulties and to examine whether aspects of maternal and paternal restrictive control, intrusiveness and punishing behaviours, are predictors of students internalized difficulties, specifically depression and anxiety. 157 students majoring in different universities in Croatia participated in this research. Participants filled out an online questionnaire that included Parental Behaviour Questionnaire (URP-29, Keresteš et al.., 2012), which examined parental behaviour (separately for the mother, and separately for the father) and the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (Lovibond and Lovibond, 1995) for examining students' internalized difficulties, i.e. symptoms of depression and anxiety. The participants also provided information about their gender, age, university, and the year of study. The results indicated that students evaluate mothers as more intrusive and prone to punishment than fathers, that mother's and father's intrusiveness are positively related to students' depression, while mother's and father's intrusiveness, as well as father's punishment are positively related to students' anxiety. Mother's and father's punishment were not related to depressive symptoms of the students included in this research which was in line with the expectations. Furthermore, the results of this research indicated that mother's and father's intrusiveness are statistically significant predictors of students’ depressive and anxiety symptoms. Father's intrusiveness proved to be the most significant predictor of students' depression, while mother's intrusiveness was the most significant predictor of students' anxiety.