Suicide and Narcissistic Personality Traits: A Review of Emerging Studies

Charissa Lazarus, Khamelia Malik

2021

Abstract

Suicide is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), there were 800,000 documented suicides worldwide in 2015. In Indonesia there were roughly 9,000 suicides per year. Suicide is a complex phenomenon that is commonly linked with psychiatric disorders, namely personality disorder. Evidently, emerging studies have begun to point out the role of narcissistic personality traits in suicidal behavior, with only few studies currently reviewing this phenomenon. Therefore, we aim to review the current literature to elucidate the link between narcissistic personality disorder and suicide. We selected studies published in Pubmed, Scopus, Proquest databases, using keywords ‘suicid*’AND ‘narcis*’, ‘narcissistic personality’, ‘narcissistic personality disorder’, ‘narcissistic personality trait*, focusing on narcissistic personality traits suicidal behavior, and using standardized instruments. Suicidal behavior is associated with narcissistic personality traits, especially narcissistic vulnerability. Current evidence showed that problems with perfectionism, emotion, self-dysregulation, self-esteem, shame, and anger as factors that influence the link between narcissistic personality traits and suicidal behavior. Narcissistic personality traits are associated with suicidal behavior, potentially as a marker of suicide risk. Close monitoring of this population group may be beneficial to prevent suicides in general. Future research need to elaborate contributions of culture and ethnicity.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Lazarus C. and Malik K. (2021). Suicide and Narcissistic Personality Traits: A Review of Emerging Studies. In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Emerging Issues in Technology, Engineering and Science - Volume 1: ICE-TES, ISBN 978-989-758-601-9, pages 254-264. DOI: 10.5220/0010749500003113

in Bibtex Style

@conference{ice-tes21,
author={Charissa Lazarus and Khamelia Malik},
title={Suicide and Narcissistic Personality Traits: A Review of Emerging Studies},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Emerging Issues in Technology, Engineering and Science - Volume 1: ICE-TES,},
year={2021},
pages={254-264},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0010749500003113},
isbn={978-989-758-601-9},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Emerging Issues in Technology, Engineering and Science - Volume 1: ICE-TES,
TI - Suicide and Narcissistic Personality Traits: A Review of Emerging Studies
SN - 978-989-758-601-9
AU - Lazarus C.
AU - Malik K.
PY - 2021
SP - 254
EP - 264
DO - 10.5220/0010749500003113