Adolescence et harcèlement : étude des vulnérabilités familiales grâce au dessin de la famille

Abstract

ObjectivesThe aim of this article is to identify patterns of family vulnerabilities among adolescents who have been bullied. MethodologyIn order to explore family vulnerabilities in 28 bullied teenagers, the family drawing assessment (Corman, 1970) has been chosen. The analysis of these drawings was developed from the grid of Corman (1970, revised by Jourdan-Ionescu and Lachance (2000) in a psychoanalytical frame of reference. ResultThanks to the data, two points have been highlighted: firstly, the representation of the self in the family which has been divided in two axes: the level of representation of the human figure, the self representation, and the place of the adolescent in his/her family (to draw oneself in his/her own family). Secondly, the non-compliance with the initial instruction (“draw your family and draw a family”). DiscussionThe analysis of the drawings of the family of adolescents who have been victims of bullying, has enabled us to observe difficulties in self-representation and in family relationships. Moreover, these adolescents seem to have difficulty thinking outside the family, to treat loss and separation anxieties, which would hinder the dual movement of autonomy and integration into a peer group. ConclusionThese intra-familial vulnerabilities seem to be, in part, the cause of difficulties for the adolescent, to integrate the social sphere.