This study was designed to evaluate family processes theoretically implicated in the onset and maintenance of adolescent self-harm. We focused on understanding parental validation and invalidation in response to their adolescent children to estimate the association between parental responses and self-harm in a high-risk group of adolescents. We also sought to determine the influence of psychotherapy on parental validation and invalidation over time during participation in a randomized clinical trial of psychotherapy designed to reduce self-harm. Teens (N = 38, Mage = 14.85, 94.1% female, 55.3% Caucasian, and 17.5% Latino) and their parents participated in three assessments over a 6-month period corresponding to pretreatment, midtreatment, and end of treatment in the trial. Results indicate a robust association between parental validation, invalidation, and adolescent self-harm. There were no significant associations observed between parental validation, invalidation, and adolescent suicidal ideation. Observed levels of parental validation and invalidation were not changed during the 6-month course of psychotherapy.

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父母的认可和否定预示着青少年的自残。


本研究旨在评估理论上与青少年自残的发生和维持有关的家庭过程。我们重点了解父母对青春期孩子的验证和无效反应，以估计高危青少年群体中父母的反应与自残之间的关联。我们还试图在参与旨在减少自残的心理治疗随机临床试验期间确定心理治疗对父母验证和无效的影响。青少年（N = 38，法师 = 14.85，94.1% 为女性，55.3% 为白人，17.5% 为拉丁裔）及其父母在为期 6 个月的时间内参与了三项评估，分别对应于试验中的治疗前、治疗中期和治疗结束。结果表明，父母的认可、无效和青少年自残之间存在密切的关联。父母的认可、无效和青少年自杀意念之间没有观察到显着的关联。在 6 个月的心理治疗过程中，观察到的父母认可和无效水平没有改变。