The Current Situation of Parent-child Psychological Abuse in China——Taking Middle School Students in Shenzhen for Example

Abstract

Parent-child psychological abuse refers to the psychological abuse between parents and children. With the improvement of people's education and the change of lifestyle, compared with physical abuse, the appearance of parent-child psychological abuse in the family is more common. The middle school students are in adolescence, and their physiology and psychology have undergone tremendous changes in this stage. Parent-child psychological abuse is a hidden form of language attack, which will cause great harm to the mental health and personality development of adolescents. In this study, the current situation of adolescent under parent-child psychological abuse and its specific impact on adolescents were investigated. The questionnaire survey was conducted to investigate the current parent-child psychological abuse situation of 75 students in Shenzhen secondary school and the influence on adolescents themselves. It was found that the existence of parent-child psychological abuse is very common, and 40% of the adolescents have been subjected to parent-child psychological abuse, and the circumstances are serious. Moreover, parent-child psychological abuse has a negative impact on adolescents, which tends to cause negative emotions, reduces the efficiency of learning, and seriously affects the formation of personalities of adolescents, making adolescents more introverted and negative.