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The purpose of this study was to explore the mediating effects of negative problem orientation, experiential avoidance on the relationships between parental overprotection, parental rejection and adolescent's worry. The data of 479 humanities high school students, living in Busan and Daegu province were collected for the study. For data analysis, frequency, Cronbach's α, Pearson’s correlation coefficients, regression based on the three-step approach model proposed by Baron and Kenny (1986) and Sobel test were used. The major findings of this study were as follows: First, Mediating effect of negative problem orientation between parental overprotection and adolescents' worry was analyzed. As a result, effect of parental overprotection and adolescents' worry was perfectly mediated negative problem orientation. Second, Mediating effect of experiential avoidance between parental rejection and adolescents' worry was analyzed. As a result, effect of parental rejection and adolescents' worry was perfectly mediated experiential avoidance. The results of this study suggest that the importance of decreasing the negative problem orientation and experiential avoidance for adolescents who worried with parental overprotection and parental rejection. An intervention for adolescents' worry is important to decreasing the negative problem orientation and experiential avoidance.