The purpose of this study is to confirm the hypothesis that emotional clarity and cognitive emotion regulation strategies will mediate the relationship between perceived parenting and anger expression in adults. To this end, 332 adults aged 19 or older(male:127, female:205) were measured for State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory, Parental Bonding Instrument, Trait Meta-Mood Scale, and Korean Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire. The results showed that, in the mediating effect analysis, emotional clarity and negative cognitive emotion regulation strategies continuously mediated the relationship between perceived overprotection parenting attitudes and dysfunctional anger expression. Therefore, it was suggested that perceived overprotection parenting attitudes would reduce emotional clarity and increase negative emotional control, ultimately increasing dysfunctional anger expression. Based on the results, implications and limitations of this study have been discussed.