The article studies the relationship between self-injurious behaviour in minors and the characteristics of parent-child relationships during a pandemic. Online research in collaboration with the Department of Education of the Almaty Region involved 1164 persons. This research as conducted through psycho-diagnostic study – «Resource» system for diagnosing children mental state, registered with the Department of Intellectual Property Rights (copyright certificate No. 2174, 28/09/2017). Methodology used: (i) test questionnaire for measuring parental attitudes and reactions (PARY E. Schaefer), (ii) a questionnaire of aggressiveness (A. Bass and A. Darky), (iii)Taylor manifest anxiety scale (adaptation of T.A.Nemchinov); (iv) method of studying personal predisposition to conflict behavior (K.N.Thomas test).

The outcomes of this research showed that the perception of children of parental educational strategies as patronising, over-controlling ones, concentration on their own experiences, the lack of trusting relationships with family members are the main prerequisites for self-injurious behaviour of minors.