Perfectionism and Suicide Ideation in Adolescent psychiatric patients

This study was conducted to examine the relations between dimensions of perfectionism and suicide ideation in an adolescent psychiatric sample. A sample of 66 adolescents from an inpatient psychiatric facility completed the Child and Adolescent Perfectionism Scale, the Child's Hopelessness Scal...

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Published in:Journal of abnormal child psychology 1997-04, Vol.25 (2), p.95-101
Main Authors: HEWITT, P. L, NEWTON, J, FLETT, G. L, CALLANDER, L
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adolescents
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Alienation
Biological and medical sciences
Children & youth
College Students
Comorbidity
Defense Mechanisms
Depression (Psychology)
Female
Gifted
Humans
Internal-External Control
Male
Medical sciences
Mental Disorders - diagnosis
Mental Disorders - psychology
Mental Disorders - therapy
Patient Admission
Perfectionism
Psychiatric disorders
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Self Evaluation (Individuals)
Suicidal ideation
Suicide
Suicide - prevention & control
Suicide - psychology
Suicides & suicide attempts
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Summary:This study was conducted to examine the relations between dimensions of perfectionism and suicide ideation in an adolescent psychiatric sample. A sample of 66 adolescents from an inpatient psychiatric facility completed the Child and Adolescent Perfectionism Scale, the Child's Hopelessness Scale, and the Suicide Ideation Questionnaire. Overall, the results indicated that socially prescribed perfectionism was associated with greater suicide ideation and that it, along with hopelessness, accounted for unique variance in suicide ideation scores. The findings are discussed in terms of their practical and theoretical significance as well as their consistency with similar research with adults.
ISSN:0091-0627
2730-7166
1573-2835
2730-7174
DOI:10.1023/A:1025723327188