<p>Parental lying is a frequently used parenting strategy that has been linked to psychosocial outcomes, yet its association with disordered eating remains uncertain. Moreover, the role of perceived maternal psychological control and internalizing symptoms in this context has yet to be examined. 302 adults (<i>M</i>_age = 27, 83% female) completed validated self-report measures of retrospectively reported parental lying, perceived maternal psychological control, internalizing symptoms, and disordered eating. Path analysis examined indirect associations through perceived maternal psychological control and internalizing symptoms, controlling for gender, age, education, income, employment status, and BMI. Results showed that retrospectively reported parental lying was not significantly related to internalizing symptoms (<i>β</i> = 0.08, <i>p</i> = 0.166) or directly to disordered eating (<i>β</i> = 0.05, <i>p</i> = 0.399). The indirect association through higher perceived maternal psychological control and internalizing symptoms was significant (<i>β</i> = 0.02, <i>p</i> = 0.011), while the effects through internalizing symptoms alone (<i>β</i> = 0.02, <i>p</i> = 0.207) and perceived control alone (<i>β</i> = 0.05, <i>p</i> = 0.077) were not significant. Retrospectively reported parental lying was not directly associated with disordered eating or internalizing symptoms; only the full sequential indirect estimate, through higher perceived maternal psychological control and internalizing symptoms, was statistically significant. The findings are best interpreted as hypothesis-generating, specifying a theoretically constrained sequence that can be tested or revised in prospective, multi-informant research rather than establishing a confirmed mechanism.</p>