Predicting the Tendency to Self-Harming Behaviors in Teenage Girls 13 to 15 Years Old based on Psychological Capital and Family Performance

The aim of this study is to investigate the role of psychological capital and family functioning in predicting the tendency to self-harming behaviors in female teenagers aged 13-15 years. The research method is descriptive-correlational. The statistical population of the present study includes all 13 to 15-year-old female students in Bijar City who were studying in the 2021-2022 academic year. From the target population,306 people were selected using the Cochran's formula for which five schools were selected purposefully. And the electronic link of the questionnaires was placed within the school social media groups. For data analysis, SPSS software were used. The results showed that there is a significant negative correlation between the overall score of psychological capital and family functioning with a tendency to self-harming behaviors among 13-15 year old female teenagers (p≥0.05). Also, psychological capital and family performance in total were able to predict,13.7% of the variance of tendency to total self-harming behaviors in 13-15 year old female teenagers. According to the findings, it can be demonstrated that psychological capital and family performance play a role in the tendency to self-harming behaviors in teenage girls aged 13-15 years. But the role of psychological capital in predicting self-harming behaviors (direct and indirect dimensions) was more prominent than family performance.