The purpose of this study is to analyze whether an aggression has mediation effects, which lead overt and covert narcissism to affect suicidal ideation based on classification of entire group, depression group, and non-depression group. Before the ...
The purpose of this study is to analyze whether an aggression has mediation effects, which lead overt and covert narcissism to affect suicidal ideation based on classification of entire group, depression group, and non-depression group. Before the above analysis, we investigated the effects of depression, aggression, and narcissism on the suicidal ideation. By using scale of suicidal ideation, of
aggression, and of overt and covert narcissism, this study surveyed 643 first and second year of male/female students in a general high school located in Deagu, Gyeongsangbuk-do. This study performed a correlation analysis among individual variables and a multiple regression analysis for the variables’ effects and mediation effects on the suicidal ideation.
The results of this study are as follows:
First, major variables including depression, aggression, and overt and covert narcissism showed significantly positive correlations with suicidal ideation. Out of variables, depression showed the most positive correlation with the suicidal ideation.
Secondly, this study investigated the effects, based on multiple regression analysis, among variables. This study found that the depression and aggression, respectively, affected most and secondly significantly. Overt and covert narcissism showed negative effects and no significant, respectively.
Thirdly, in entire group, overt narcissism fully mediated aggression to affect the suicidal ideation. Even though overt narcissism did not directly affect the suicidal ideation, it appeared that high overt narcissism increased aggression, which increased the suicidal ideation. In the meantime, aggression partially mediated, in entire group, covert narcissism to directly affect the suicidal ideation. Furthermore, high covert narcissism increased aggression as a mediator to increase the suicidal ideation.
Fourthly, in the depression group, overt and covert narcissism fully mediated aggression to affect the suicidal ideation. It appeared that overt and covert narcissism did not directly affect the depressed adolescents, but high overt and covert narcissism increased aggression, which ultimately increased the suicidal ideation.
Fifthly, in non-depression group, overt narcissism showed no mediating effects due to the insignificant effects on the suicidal ideation. Covert narcissism appeared to fully mediate aggression to affect the suicidal ideation. This represented that high covert narcissism did not directly affect the suicidal ideation of non-depressed adolescents, but increased aggression to increase the suicidal ideation.
The results of this study shows covert narcissism performs more negative functions in the suicidal ideation than overt narcissism and the importance of controlling aggression to prevent suicides of depressed adolescents.