The Impact of Perceived Parental Invalidation and Self-Invalidation on Suicidality in an Adolescent DBT Partial Hospitalization Program

Katherine J. Brown, Esther S. Tung, Genesis A. Vergara, Alan E. Fruzzetti, Peg M. Worden, Kristen L. Batejan, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, McLean Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, National Suicide Research Foundation, University College Cork

Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Published online on January 24, 2026

Abstract

Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Volume 31, Issue 2, Page 513-529, April 2026.
BackgroundDialectical Behavior Therapy’s (DBT) original biosocial theory and subsequent iterations as a transactional model suggest that invalidating social and family environments can contribute to emotion dysregulation and patterns of self-invalidation ...