TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - Gender roles, suicidal ideation, and self-harming in young adults
JO  - Archives of suicide research
A1  - Straiton, Melanie L.
A1  - Roen, Katrina
A1  - Hjelmeland, Heidi
SP  - 29
EP  - 43
VL  - 16
IS  - 1
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1381-1118
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2012.640613
ID  - ref1
ER  -