@article{ref1,
title="Parental validation and invalidation predict adolescent self-harm",
journal="Professional psychology: research and practice",
year="2018",
author="Adrian, Molly and Berk, Michele S. and Korslund, Kathryn and Whitlock, Kathryn and McCauley, Elizabeth and Linehan, Marsha",
volume="49",
number="4",
pages="274-281",
abstract="This study was designed to evaluate family processes theoretically implicated in the onset and maintenance of adolescent self-harm. In the present study, we focus on understanding parental validation and invalidation in response to their adolescent in order 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. Thirty-eight teens (<i>M</i><sub>age</sub>= 14.85; 94.1% female, 55.3% Caucasian, and 17.5% Latino) and their parents participated in three assessments over a six month period corresponding to pretreatment, midtreatment and end of treatment in the trial. <br><br>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 six-month course of psychotherapy.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0735-7028",
doi="10.1037/pro0000200",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pro0000200"
}