DOI: 10.5176/2251-1865_CBP14.49
Authors: Mgr. Kateřina Bartošová, Mgr. Michal Čerňák, PhDr. Iva Burešová, Ph.D., Mgr. Markéta Kukaňová
Abstract:
Self-harm is becoming an increasinly important topic due to high prevalence among adolescents and its strong link to suicide and other pathological behavior. The aim of this study was to find out wheather a perceived specific parenting style is connected with higher or lower prevalence of self-harm. In total, 1466 respondents completed the questionnaire. The respondents’ age ranged from 12 to 17 years, with an average of 14 years. 50.04{6e6090cdd558c53a8bc18225ef4499fead9160abd3419ad4f137e902b483c465} participants were female. The battery of instruments selected for the study included the Self-Harm Inventory, the Self-Harm Behaviour Questionnaire SHBQ and the Questionnaire for the Assessment of Parenting Styles in the Family. In total, 224 (18.08{6e6090cdd558c53a8bc18225ef4499fead9160abd3419ad4f137e902b483c465}) students reported at least one instance of purposeful self-injury in their past experience. Parenting style which is described as a situation when at least one of the parents shows signs of active rejection of the child and suppression of its natural drives which, however, is interspersed with unpredictable episodes of liberality and permissiveness, contained a significantly higher proportion of respondents reporting self-harm than the other parenting styles.
Keywords: Self-Harm; adolescent; parenting style
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