Se presentan los resultados preliminares de de un estudio descriptivo-correlacional realizado con 61 adolescentes escolarizados (13 a 18 años) y 40 adultos jóvenes, (20 a 31 años), estudiantes universitarios, ambos residentes en la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, evaluados con la Escala sobre Percepción de Control y Estilos de Parentalidad e Inconsistencia Parental de Dwairy, la PSS de Hamuda & Imam (Present State Scale), y la Escala de Autoestima de Rosenberg. Todas técnicas adaptadas UBA-CONICET, 2008. Los resultados obtenidos indican que se verifican conclusiones de estudios anteriores en cuanto al grado de consistencia entre los niveles de control/aceptación trasmitido y la estabilidad de esos comportamientos entre ambos padres. No se registran diferencias por sexo o por nivel educativo en ninguna de las variables evaluadas. Palabras clave Estilo Parental Psicopatología Autoestima ABSTRACT PARENTAL STYLE, PSYCHOPATHOLOGICAL SYMPTOMATOLOGY AND SELFSTEAM Preliminary results from a research descriptive - correlational carried out with 61 adolescents students (13 to 18 years) and 40 young adults university students (20 to 31 years), both living in Buenos Aires city. Were assessed with adapted UBA CONICET, 2008: Perception about Parenting Styles and Parental Inconsistency, PSS (Present State Scale) and Self-steam Rosenberg Scale. Results show that within the parental couple, significant correlations in levels of Acceptance/forgiveness/controlling/punishment exhibited, and between temporal consistency within parents´ controlling behaviours were verified. No differences by educational level or sex were found in any of the studied variables. Key words Parental Style Psychopathology Selfsteam