Relationship between parent-child attachment and deliberate self-harm behaviors in middle school students.

WAN Yu-hui; CHEN Jing; SUN Ying; HU Chuan-lai; TAO Fang-biao.

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Chinese Journal of Child Health Care ›› 2013, Vol. 21 ›› Issue (12) : 1239-1242.

Relationship between parent-child attachment and deliberate self-harm behaviors in middle school students.

WAN Yu-hui,CHEN Jing,SUN Ying,HU Chuan-lai,TAO Fang-biao.

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Objective To describe the prevalence of deliberate self-harm (DSH) behaviors,and determine the relationship between parent-child attachment and DSH behaviors in middle school students. Methods A total of 14 221 middle school students were selected using cluster sampling method in Shenyang,Xinxiang,Chongqing and Guangzhou city.Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment (IPPA) and DSH items were used to assess sleep quality and psychosomatic symptoms,respectively.Spearman correlation analysis was used to analyze the relationship between the dimensions of parent-child attachment.The relationship between the parent-child attachment with DSH was analyzed using Pearson Chi-square and logistic regression. Results A total of 3 546 (24.9%) students reported that they had harmed themselves deliberately in the past 12 months.The act of DSH behaviors occurring 1~2 and ≥3 times accounted for 8.5% and 16.4% of all respondents,respectively.The act of DSH was reported significantly higher among boys than girls.It suggested that the incidence of the DSH behaviors among students with poor parent-child attachment (trust,communication,alienation with parents) was significantly higher than students with better parent-child attachment.Multivariable logistic regression analysis found that parent-child attachment dimensions (except for father-child trust) were independent risk factors for DSH behaviors. Conclusions These results indicate that different parent-child attachment dimensions are related to the presence or absence of DSH behaviors.Improvement of parent-child attachment could help preventing DSH behaviors among middle school students.

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deliberate self-harm behaviors / middle school student / parent-child attachment

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WAN Yu-hui,CHEN Jing,SUN Ying,HU Chuan-lai,TAO Fang-biao.. Relationship between parent-child attachment and deliberate self-harm behaviors in middle school students.[J]. Chinese Journal of Child Health Care. 2013, 21(12): 1239-1242

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