Chinese university students (N=500) were asked to respond to instruments measuring their recalled parental treatment styles as well as their psychological well-being. Results arising from bivariate and canonical correlation analyses showed that recalled paternal treatment and maternal treatment styles correlated with measures of psychiatric symptoms (including general psychiatric morbidity, trait anxiety, depression and hopelessness) and positive mental health (including self-esteem, purpose in life, existential well-being and life satisfaction). These findings are generally consistent with the data reported previously that Chinese secondary school students' recalled parental treatment styles are significantly associated with their psychological well-being defined by the privative or positive mental health criteria.