Relations of parent-child relationships, social and school maladjustment and suicidal risks in adolescents
Keywords:
suicidal behavior, forms of suicidal behavior, model of development of suicidal behavior, group of “suicidal risk”, family factors, social and school maladjustment.Abstract
The article presents the results of the study of the relations between the suicidal thoughts in adolescents and the characteristics of parent-child relationships (attitudes, behavior and methods of parenting of mothers in the perception of adolescents, the position of adolescents in the system of interpersonal relationship and the nature of communication in the family), and social and school maladjustment. The study involved 60 students of 9th grades, 13–15 years old (30 boys and 30 girls, average age 14 ± 0,6 years) of Lyceum No. 7 in Chulym, Novosibirsk Oblast. The following methods were chosen for conducting the psychodiagnostic study: Child's depression depression (CDI, M. Kovacs, 1992 Children's Reports of Parental Behavior Inventory (adaptation of E. Matějček, P. Říčan, 1983), the projective test “Family Sociogram” by Justitskis and E.G. Eidemiller (1999), Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), a form for adolescents (Goodman, 2001). A survey was also conducted to collect information on family composition, psychoactive substance use and the presence of suicidal thoughts. As a result of the study, it was revealed that social and school maladjustment, accompanied by manifestations of anxiety and depressive traits, does not indicate the presence of suicidal tendencies in adolescents. Analysis of the relations between family factors and suicidal behavior of adolescents showed that adolescents’ assessment of mothers’ parenting strategies as directive and overly controlling is positively related to the presence of suicidal thoughts in adolescents. We can also say that adolescents’ egocentric focus on their experiences, sense of isolation and lack of closeness in family relationships are important components suicidal risks in adolescents.
Keywords: suicidal behavior, forms of suicidal behavior, model of development of suicidal behavior, group of “suicidal risk”, family factors, social and school maladjustment.
