Parenting Journal · Volume 2 · Issue 4 · Licensed source edition
Associations of a perceived parental-rejection experience with self-harm or death thoughts in adolescents: evidence from symptom network analysis and structural equation modeling
Originally published 2026-08-28 · Frontiers in Psychiatry
Frontiers Media SA · DOI 10.3389/fpsyt.2026.1927040 ↗
Editorial reading guide · Respect
How can I take a young person’s account of rejection seriously without jumping to conclusions?
Students’ reports of rejection were studied alongside distress. Associations in the group cannot determine an individual teenager's level of risk.
Who was studied?
Two thousand four hundred and thirteen adolescents in a cross-sectional analysis.
Age / stage: Adolescence
Read with three questions
- Which aspects of rejection were measured, and which conclusions would require clinical assessment?
- Whose perspective is represented by the ratings, and whose perspective is missing?
- How can I take a young person’s account of rejection seriously without jumping to conclusions?
Keep the limits in view
Reports from this sample may reflect who participated and how the questions were worded. Associations alone do not establish that a parenting response caused the outcome.
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Jiajun Yin; Mengmeng Fan; Xia Sun; Yingying Ji; Xiaoyan He (2026). Associations of a perceived parental-rejection experience with self-harm or death thoughts in adolescents: evidence from symptom network analysis and structural equation modeling Frontiers in Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2026.1927040
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