TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1997//
TI  - Adolescent-parent communication in self-harm
JO  - Journal of Adolescent Health
A1  - Tulloch, A. L.
A1  - Blizzard, L.
A1  - Pinkus, Z.
SP  - 267
EP  - 275
VL  - 21
IS  - 4
N2  - PURPOSE: To examine the association between communication with parents and self-harm in 14-19-year-old adolescents. METHODS: A total of 36 female and 16 male adolescents presenting to the accident and emergency department of a general hospital; 52 hospital-based controls were interviewed and studied using the following scales: Parent-Adolescent Communication Scale, Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scale, Adolescent-Family Inventory of Life Events and Changes Scale, Children's Depression Index, and Nowicki-Strickland Locus of Control Scale. RESULTS: The absence of a family confidant was very strongly associated with adolescent self-harm. Despite controlling for a wide range of possible causal factors, poorer parent-adolescent communication remained strongly associated with self-harm. The effect of poorer communication on self-harm was strongest in the group with and internal locus of control. CONCLUSIONS: Impairment of communication between adolescents and their parents may be important in the origins of adolescent self-harm.<p /> <p>Language: en</p> 
LA  - en
SN  - 1054-139X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1054-139X(97)00118-3
ID  - ref1
ER  -