ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2020
Parents' Attitudes Toward and Experience of Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in Adolescents: A Qualitative Study.
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- Qualitative study of the experience of parents whose adolescent has been hospitalized for a suicidal episode: reshaping, mobilizing, and adapting.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
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- Psychological experiences of parents of adolescent patients with non-suicidal self-injury: a qualitative study based on Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems theory.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- The 'fragile' generation: Understanding parents' attitudes towards young people's mental health within the Chinese sociocultural context.PLOS mental health · 2025Article
- The mediating role of social media disorder in the relationship between social media use and self-harm behavior in Indonesian adolescents.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Internalized stigma and caregiver burden among caregivers of adolescents with non-suicidal self-injury: a moderated mediation analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Profiles of caregiver burden among adolescents with non-suicidal self-injury: a latent profile analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- The dynamic developmental process of adolescent non-suicidal self-injury disclosure: a qualitative study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- How do professionals and non-professionals respond to non-suicidal self-injury? Lived experiences of psychiatric outpatients in Singapore.BMC psychology · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundNon-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is prevalent in adolescents and brings a series of serious consequences to their well-being. However, little is known about parents' attitude toward NSSI in Chinese adolescents. The study aims to investigate the parents' attitudes toward and perceptions of adolescents who have engaged in NSSI behaviors, and the impact of NSSI on their parents.
methodsPurposive sampling was used in the study. The biological parents of adolescents with NSSI were recruited from the psychiatric ward of a tertiary hospital in China. Semi-structured interviews were conducted which contained three aspects, that is the history of NSSI, the process of seeking or maintaining help and the impacts on the family. Each interview typically lasted 40-50 min. All of the interviews were audio-recorded. Their responses were analyzed by the thematic analysis.
resultsTwenty participants completed the interview, consisting of 16 mothers and 4 fathers. Three themes and eight sub-themes were extracted: (1) the attitudes to children's NSSI behaviors (ignorance, shame, and stereotype); (2) coping strategies of parents (the initial response to adolescents' NSSI, and the way of help-seeking); (3) the impacts on family (altered parenting and communication styles, limited personal lives, and increased psychological pressure).
conclusionThe results showed that parents lack the knowledge about NSSI and its treatment and are suffering great emotional stress. It is recommended to expand the popularization of knowledge of NSSI in adolescents and more interventions adapted to China's sociocultural climate are required for the well-being of parents and NSSI in adolescents.
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