The role of perfectionism and autobiographical memory in a sample of parasuicide patients - An exploratory study

Citation

Rasmussen S, O'Connor R & Brodie D (2008) The role of perfectionism and autobiographical memory in a sample of parasuicide patients - An exploratory study. Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention, 29 (2), pp. 64-72. https://doi.org/10.1027/0227-5910.29.2.64

Abstract
The main objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between social perfectionism, overgeneral autobiographical memory recall, and psychological distress (hopelessness, depression/anxiety, and suicidal ideation) in a sample of parasuicide patients. Forty patients who had been admitted to a Scottish hospital following an episode of deliberate self-harm participated in the study. The participants completed the autobiographical memory task and a battery of self-report measures (multidimensional perfectionism, hopelessness, depression/anxiety, and suicidal ideation). The results showed that repetitive self-harmers were more overgeneral in their recall of positive autobiographical memories than were first-time self-harmers. Hierarchical regression analyses showed that socially prescribed perfectionism interacted with overgeneral recall of both positive and negative memories to predict suicidal ideation/depression. The findings are discussed in relation to previous research.

Keywords
Distress; IDEATION; INVESTIGATE; memories; Memory; objective; PARTICIPANTS; patient; Patients; Perfectionism; Psychological distress; Recall; Regression; relationship; Research; Role; SAMPLE; scottish; Self Report; Suicidal ideation; TASK; WHO

Journal
Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention: Volume 29, Issue 2