@article{ref1,
title="Young men, masculinities and suicide",
journal="Archives of suicide research",
year="2018",
author="Rasmussen, Mette Lyberg and Haavind, Hanne and Dieserud, Gudrun",
volume="22",
number="2",
pages="327-343",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: Young men constitute one of the highest risk groups for suicide in most countries. This gives reason to explore how meanings attached to masculinity can be evoked and handled when a young man takes his life. <br><br>METHOD: In-depth interviews with five to eight informants for each of ten suicides, as well as suicide notes, were analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. <br><br>RESULTS: The suicides appeared as signature acts of compensatory masculinity with the following themes: When hope is gone, no one must know; weakness was never allowed; and suicide conducted in a way to present oneself as heroic. <br><br>CONCLUSION: The handling of masculinity in triggering suicidal plans and in carrying out suicide is intrinsically connected to avoidance of help-seeking behavior.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1381-1118",
doi="10.1080/13811118.2017.1340855",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2017.1340855"
}