Suicidal Behavior: Toward an Explanation of Differences in Female and Male Rates.

Wilson, Michele

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ERIC Number: EJ253477

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1981

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Suicidal Behavior: Toward an Explanation of Differences in Female and Male Rates.

Wilson, Michele

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, v11 n3 p131-40 Fall 1981

Discusses five components of a basic suicide syndrome. Examines gender differences in suicidal behavior through an analysis of male and female roles. Components include failure, commitment, rigidity, shame, and isolation. Considers the concept of autonomy in relation to sex differences in suicidal behavior. (RC)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Patterns, Comparative Analysis, Coping, Emotional Problems, Failure, Psychological Patterns, Sex Differences, Sex Role, Stress Variables, Suicide

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - General

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Language: English

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