The role of perfectionism in student suicide : three case studies from the UK

Bell, Jo; Stanley, Nicky; Mallon, Sharon; Manthorpe, Jill

Abstract

A number of studies have investigated the relationship between suicide and perfectionism but none to our knowledge have been based on studies of completed suicides. This article aims to provide important insight into the potency that certain profiles of perfectionism can claim in the path to suicide by presenting three case studies from a U.K. study of student suicide. Collectively, these case studies provide theoretical support for existing frameworks and are consistent with other literature which emphasizes those forms of perfectionism that engender severe self-criticism and self-doubt and fear of failure as most destructive.

Citation

Bell, J., Stanley, N., Mallon, S., & Manthorpe, J. (2010). The role of perfectionism in student suicide : three case studies from the UK. OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying, 61(3), 251-267. https://doi.org/10.2190/OM.61.3.e

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Nov 1, 2010
• Deposit Date: Nov 13, 2014
• Journal: Omega-Journal Of Death And Dying
• Print ISSN: 0030-2228
• Publisher: SAGE Publications
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 61
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 251-267
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.2190/OM.61.3.e
• Keywords: Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine; Life-span and Life-course Studies; Health(social science)
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/463071
• Publisher URL: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.2190/OM.61.3.e
• Contract Date: Nov 13, 2014