TY - JOUR PY - 2002// TI - Gender-role conflict and suicidal behaviour in adolescent girls JO - Canadian journal of psychiatry, The A1 - Pinhas, Leora A1 - Weaver, Harriet A1 - Bryden, Pier A1 - Ghabbour, Nagi A1 - Toner, Brenda SP - 473 EP - 476 VL - 47 IS - 5 N2 - OBJECTIVE: This study examined whether gender-role conflict influenced the suicidal behaviour of adolescent girls. METHOD: We designed a checklist and used it to perform a chart review. RESULTS: Gender-role conflict was associated with suicidal behaviour in 26.79% of the adolescent girls, and 2.68% of the adolescent boys, that we studied. CONCLUSIONS: Gender-role conflict plays an important role in the suicidal behaviour of girls. At present, there is no published research examining the impact of gender-role conflict on suicidal adolescents.
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LA - en SN - 0706-7437 UR - http://dx.doi.org/ ID - ref1 ER -