The Role of Perfectionism in Student Suicide: Three Case Studies From the UK

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 British study of student suicide. Collectively, these case studies provide theoretical support for existing frameworks & are consistent with other literature which emphasizes those forms of perfectionism that engender severe self-criticism, self-doubt, & fear of failure as most destructive. (32 refs.) JA