title: Perfectionism, narcissism, and depression in suicidal and nonsuicidal adolescent inpatients.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between 2 psychological profiles: (a) the intrapersonal profile, involving self-critical depression, self-oriented perfectionism, and narcissism, and (b) the interpersonal profile, involving dependent depression and socially prescribed perfectionism, and the association of these 2 profiles with suicidal behavior among adolescent inpatients.
  
  
  METHODS
  One hundred adolescents, admitted to a university-affiliated psychiatric adolescent inpatient unit in Israel, completed the Depressive Experience Questionnaire for Adolescents, the Child and Adolescent Perfectionism Scale, and the Narcissistic Personality Inventory. The Suicidal Potential Interview was used to evaluate suicidal behavior and separate them into low-risk and high-risk groups.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Dependent depression correlated positively and significantly with severity of suicidal behavior. Adolescent inpatients with high levels of suicidal behavior (n = 54) were more dependent in terms of depression and were more inclined to socially prescribed perfectionism compared with adolescent inpatients with low levels of suicidal behavior (n = 45). The components of the intrapersonal profile did not correlate with severity of suicidal behavior; however, low narcissism scores characterized the psychological function that strongly predicted severe suicidal behavior.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The findings indicated that the conceptualization of 2 broad intrapersonal and interpersonal profiles in adolescent inpatients may have some validity in terms of the interpersonal dimension. The components of the interpersonal profile related to severe suicidal behavior and may be important in planning treatment strategy.
authors.affiliation: Feinberg Child Study Center, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petach Tikva, Israel.
authors.forename: Ornit
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Freudenstein
authors.forename: Avi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Valevski
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Apter
authors.forename: Ada
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zohar
authors.forename: Gal
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Shoval
authors.forename: Eitan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nahshoni
authors.forename: Abraham
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Weizman
authors.forename: Gil
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zalsman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D009289:Narcissism; D010551:Personality; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011594:Psychometrics; D059020:Suicidal Ideation; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult