TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Women, femininity, indirect and direct self-destructiveness. A review
JO  - Psychiatric quarterly
A1  - Tsirigotis, Konstantinos
SP  - 427
EP  - 437
VL  - 89
IS  - 2
N2  - The aim of this work was to review results of research into direct and indirect self-destructiveness in women. Studied projects covered two populations: individuals who attempted suicide and individuals who did not attempt suicide. The Chronic Self-Destructiveness Scale and Bem Sex Role Inventory were used. Intensity of indirect self-destructiveness is lower in women. A probable explanation of the gender paradox in suicides may be the hypothesis that suicides attempted by men more often end in death as men display stronger indirect self-destructiveness. Masculinity and male sex are factors that predispose to indirect self-destructiveness, while femininity and female sex are factors protecting against it. Gender schema opposite to biological sex is significant to intensity of indirect self-destructiveness.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0033-2720
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11126-017-9545-4
ID  - ref1
ER  -