The Road from Pathological Narcissism to Suicidality in Adolescence: An Empirical Study
Abstract
:1. Introduction
Pathological Narcissism and the Suicidal Process
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Assessment
2.2. Sample Recruitment
2.3. Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Association between Narcissism and Suicidiality
3.2. Regression Model
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Frequency | Percentage | Mean | S.D. | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Age | 15.53 | 1.123 | ||
Female | 78 | 75.7 | - | - |
Male | 25 | 24.3 | - | - |
Ideators | 46 | 44.7 | - | - |
Attempters 4 | 67 | 55.3 | - | - |
N suicide attempts | 0.79 | 1.006 | ||
Attempters low lethality 1 | 28 | 27.2 | - | - |
Attempters high lethality 1 | 22 | 21.4 | - | - |
Mood disorders 2 | 86 | 84.3 | - | - |
Bipolar disorders 2 | 13 | 12.7 | - | - |
Anxiety disorders 2 | 37 | 36.3 | - | - |
Substance abuse 2 | 24 | 23.5 | - | - |
Grandiosity 3 | - | - | 3.92 | 2.869 |
Interpers. Relations 3 | - | - | 5.98 | 2.657 |
Reactiveness 3 | - | - | 5.21 | 2.163 |
Affects and mood 3 | - | - | 4.59 | 2.680 |
Moral adaptation 3 | - | - | 1.27 | 1.610 |
Ideation Severity | Ideation Intensity | Suicidal Attempt | Number Suicidal Attempts | Potential Lethality | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Grandiosity | −0.068 | −0.153 | 0.171 | 0.096 | 0.231 * |
Interpers. Relations | 0.056 | 0.031 | −0.022 | 0.006 | 0.125 |
Reactiveness | 0.004 | 0.050 | 0.006 | 0.039 | 0.006 |
Affects and mood | 0.241 * | 0.333 ** | 0.143 | 0.182 | 0.211 * |
Moral adaptation | −0.069 | −0.126 | −0.005 | 0.012 | 0.062 |
Dependent: Potential Lethality | ||||||||
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B | SE | β | p | R2 | R2 Change | F | p | |
Total model | 0.054 | 0.054 | 5.568 | 0.02 | ||||
Grandiosity | 0.070 | 0.143 | 0.233 | 0.020 | ||||
Excluded variables | ||||||||
Affects and mood | 0.093 | 0.351 | ||||||
Mood disorders | 0.156 | 0.120 | ||||||
Bipolar disorders | 0.187 | 0.059 | ||||||
NPD | −0.059 | 0.587 |
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Williams, R.; Casini, M.P.; Moselli, M.; Frattini, C.; Ronningstam, E. The Road from Pathological Narcissism to Suicidality in Adolescence: An Empirical Study. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 9761. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18189761
Williams R, Casini MP, Moselli M, Frattini C, Ronningstam E. The Road from Pathological Narcissism to Suicidality in Adolescence: An Empirical Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(18):9761. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18189761
Chicago/Turabian StyleWilliams, Riccardo, Maria Pia Casini, Marta Moselli, Camilla Frattini, and Elsa Ronningstam. 2021. "The Road from Pathological Narcissism to Suicidality in Adolescence: An Empirical Study" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 18: 9761. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18189761