@article{ref1,
title="Gender roles, suicidal ideation, and self-harming in young adults",
journal="Archives of suicide research",
year="2012",
author="Straiton, Melanie L. and Roen, Katrina and Hjelmeland, Heidi",
volume="16",
number="1",
pages="29-43",
abstract="This study investigates whether positive and negative conventional gender roles relate to suicidal ideation and self-harming in different ways among young adults. Participants completed an online survey about previous self-harm, recent suicidal ideation, and positive and negative aspects of conventional masculinity and femininity. Logistic regression analyses showed that negative femininity positively predicted self-harm and recent suicidal ideation status. Positive femininity was unrelated. Positive masculinity was negatively related to suicidal ideation and self-harming while negative masculinity was negatively related to self-harming only. The findings suggest that it is not the conventional feminine gender role per se that is associated with suicidality but specific negatively evaluated aspects. Conceptualizing gender as a multivariate construct may be useful in the gender socialization theory of suicidal behavior.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1381-1118",
doi="10.1080/13811118.2012.640613",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2012.640613"
}