Masculinity and suicidal thinking
Author(s) -
Jane Pirkis,
Matthew J. Spittal,
Louise Keogh,
Tass Mousaferiadis,
Dianne Currier
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.863
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 1433-9285
pISSN - 0933-7954
DOI - 10.1007/s00127-016-1324-2
Subject(s) - masculinity , conformity , psychology , suicide prevention , poison control , injury prevention , human factors and ergonomics , suicidal ideation , logistic regression , social psychology , population , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , demography , medicine , sociology , environmental health , psychoanalysis
Males feature prominently in suicide statistics, but relatively little work has been done to date to explore whether endorsement of dominant masculinity norms heightens the risk of or is protective against suicidal thinking. This paper aimed to further knowledge in this area.
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