摘要

In a qualitative study of parental influence on and response to self-cutting of adolescents in Hong Kong findings showed an unhappy childhood because of overdemanding parental expectation, parent-child conflicts, and marital discord. Supportive parents helped children to resolve frustration and interpersonal conflicts behind self-cutting behaviors. However, some parents, overwhelmed with guilt, frustration, incapability, and anxiety in dealing with their children's self-cutting, might overreact and provoke further cutting.