Gender Roles, Suicide Attempts, and Substance Abuse
- 1 November 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in The Journal of Psychology
- Vol. 125 (6) , 605-620
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00223980.1991.10543323
Abstract
In this article, the focus is on a comparison of suicide attempts and substance abuse in the United States. It is argued that suicide attempts and substance abuse may function as psychologically equivalent but gender-specialized forms of self-injurious behaviors. Possible explanations for the gender segregation of suicide attempts and substance abuse are reviewed, and the benefits of crossover theories and treatments are presented.Keywords
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