Cilj je ovoga rada bio ispitati međugeneracijske učinke kognitivnoga stila obilježenoga strepnjom majki i njihovih ponašanja na razvoj anksioznosti i depresivnosti djece. Kognitivni stil obilježen strepnjom označava tendenciju pojedinca da generira dinamične mentalne scenarije u kojima se prijetnja povećava i približava. Istraživanja ukazuju na povezanost toga stila i anksioznosti. S obzirom na nekonzistentnost u povezivanju toga stila i depresije, pokušali su se definirati uvjeti pod kojima se ta povezanost pojavljuje uvođenjem moderatorske varijable stresnih životnih događaja. Istraživanje je provedeno na 126 parova majki i djece. Rezultati potvrđuju hipotezu da kognitivni stil majke obilježen strepnjom ima doprinos u međugeneracijskome prijenosu anksioznosti, ali sugeriraju i njegov doprinos u objašnjenju depresivnosti. Djeca majki koje su imale izraženiji kognitivni stil obilježen strepnjom imala su višu razinu anksioznosti i depresivnosti. Roditeljska ponašanja koja uključuju modeliranje i verbalni prijenos informacija o prijetnji značajno predviđaju pojavu anksioznosti kod djece. Utvrđen potpuni medijacijski efekt upućuje na to da kognitivni stil obilježen strepnjom majki ima značajan efekt na anksioznost djece samo putem modeliranja majki te je utvrđen i medijacijski efekt modeliranja majki u odnosu kognitivnoga stila obilježenoga strepnjom majki i depresivnosti kod djece. Moderatorski efekt stresnih životnih događaja u odnosu kognitivnoga stila obilježenoga strepnjom majki i depresivnosti njihove djece nije potvrđen. Dobiveni rezultati ukazuju na važnost roditeljskih ponašanja u objašnjenju simptoma anksioznosti I depresivnosti kod djece. The aim of this study was to examine the intergenerational effects of mother’s looming cognitive style and their behaviours on the development of children’s anxiety and depression. The looming cognitive style is characterized by a distinctive cognitive phenomenology and a tendency to construct mental scenarios and appraisals of unfolding threats and increasing danger. Research suggests a link between this style and anxiety. Given the inconsistency in linking the same style and depression, an attempt was made to define the conditions under which this link occurs by introducing a moderator variable of stressful life events. The study was conducted on 126 couples of mothers and children. The results confirm the hypothesis that the mother’s looming cognitive style has a contribution to the intergenerational transmission of anxiety, but also suggest its contribution to the explanation of depression. Children of mothers who had a more expressed looming cognitive style had higher levels of anxiety and depression. Parental behaviours including modelling and threat information transmission significantly predict the occurrence of anxiety in children. The established full mediation effect indicates that the mothers’ looming cognitive style has a significant effect on children’s anxiety only through maternal modelling. The mediating effect of maternal modelling in relation between maternal looming cognitive style and depression in children was also confirmed. The moderating effect of stressful life events in the relationship between maternal looming cognitive style and their children’s depression was not confirmed. The results indicate the importance of parental behaviours in the explanation of anxiety and depression symptoms in children.