Associations of a perceived parental-rejection experience with self-harm or death thoughts in adolescents: evidence from symptom network analysis and structural equation modeling
Jiajun Yin, Mengmeng Fan, Xia Sun, Yingying Ji, Xiaoyan He · 2026
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Jiajun Yin and co-authors study how a sense of rejection by parents links to dark thoughts in teenagers, in a 2026 study. Childhood trauma ties to depression, anxiety, and thoughts of self-harm, yet the paths between single symptoms were murky. The team set out to trace those paths one link at a time.
They surveyed 2,413 adolescents with three standard questionnaires on trauma, mood, and worry. Network maps showed trauma, depression, and anxiety as three clusters that still touch each other. One questionnaire item, read as feeling rejected by parents, sat near the top as a bridge between clusters. In paired models, that feeling tied most strongly to depressive symptoms. Depression, in turn, tied more firmly to thoughts of death or self-harm than anxiety did. The authors urge more study of family bonds in teen mental health checks.
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| CREATOR | Jiajun Yin, Mengmeng Fan, Xia Sun, Yingying Ji, Xiaoyan He |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 35 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |