01759nas a2200205   4500000000100000008004100001260001800042653002500060653004200085100001900127700001700146700002300163700001900186245012100205856006600326300000900392490000700401520113100408022001401539       2017                            d  cjanbElsevier10aEmotional dependency10aAnxiety Depression Self-esteem Gender1 aIrache Urbiola1 aAna Estévez1 aItziar Iruarrizaga1 aPaula Jauregui00aEmotional dependency in youth: Relationship with anxious and depressive symptoms, self-esteem and gender differences  uhttp://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1134793716300537  a6-110 v233 aEmotional dependency consists of a pattern of unsatisfied emotional needs that are maladaptively met with other people, which may lead to the onset of dysfunctional psychological symptoms. This study aims to analyse emotional dependency in young people with and without a romantic partner, gender differences in emotional dependency, as well as to assess the relationship between emotional dependency and self-esteem, anxiety and depression. Five-hundred and thirty-five university students aged 18 to 31 years participated in this study. Results showed that emotional dependency was negatively related to self-esteem and positively related to and predictive of anxious-depressive symptoms. No significant differences were found in total emotional dependency as a function of gender or of having a romantic relationship. Nevertheless, higher scores were found in males for ‘Need to please’, in participants with a partner for ‘Need of exclusivity’, and in participants without a partner for ‘Avoiding being alone’. These results extend our knowledge about emotional dependency and its consequences in young people.  a1134-7937