An empirical test of a mediation model of the impact of the traditional male gender role on suicidal behavior in men

Houle, Janie; Mishara, Brian L.; Chagnon, François

doi:10.1016/j.jad.2007.07.016

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“…For example, the dimensions of "competition" and "motivation for success" are the protective factors for male adolescents' suicidal behaviors, while "emotional disclosure with anxiety or negativity" are risk factors for male adolescents' suicidal behaviors (Galligan, Barnett, Brennan, & Israel, 2010). Other studies have also pointed out that the traditional male gender role appears to increase the risk of suicidal behavior or other health risk behaviors in men by undermining their mental state and by inhibiting the protective factors of help seeking and social support (Houle, Mishara, & Chagnon, 2008;O'Neil, 2008).…”

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Boy Crisis? Sex Differences in Self-Injurious Behaviors and the Effects of Gender Role Conflicts Among College Students in China

2016

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In Western research, self-injurious behaviors are commonly viewed as "feminine" behavior. In this present study, using the data from a survey administered to 960 first-and second-year students in Xi'an Jiaotong University in China, the self-injurious behaviors among college students are analyzed by sex. The results reported that the average prevalence of self-injurious behaviors among male students is 35.2%, higher than the 20.4% observed among female students (p < .1), and the average frequency of severe self-injurious behaviors among male students is 0.4, higher than the 0.18 reported among female students (p < .05). Gender role conflicts and verbal violence are strongly associated with male students' self-injurious behaviors, whereas gender role conflicts and verbal, visual, and sexual violence are strongly associated with female students' self-injurious behaviors. This suggests that self-injurious behaviors among college students in China constitute, to some extent, a boy crisis that can be well explained by gender role conflicts. In addition, verbal violence leads to self-injurious behaviors among both male and female students, whereas visual and sexual violence lead to self-injurious behaviors only among female students.

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Boy Crisis? Sex Differences in Self-Injurious Behaviors and the Effects of Gender Role Conflicts Among College Students in China

2016

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“…Numerous studies have pointed out that traditional male gender roles may explain the reluctance of men to seek help, arguing that norms of traditional masculinity inhibit emotional expressiveness (26) and also account for the greater occurrence of undetected depression among men than women (27). A traditional masculine gender role, therefore, is dysfunctional because it promotes behaviours that are potentially harmful (28), and men who adhere strongly to the traditional male gender role experience greater psychological distress and depression (29). In addition, generally speaking, men do not ask friends and family for support in difficult times to the same extent that women do (30).…”

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Depression and anxiety in the reindeer-herding Sami population of Sweden

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International Journal of Circumpolar Health

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Objectives. The objective of this study was to investigate symptoms and predicting factors of depression and anxiety among reindeer-herding Sami in Sweden. Study design. A total of 319 reindeer-herding Sami (168 men, 151 women) were compared with urban and rural reference populations comprising 1,393 persons (662 men, 731 women). Methods. A cross-sectional questionnaire study on mental health, which included the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). Data were analysed with regard to population, gender, age group, education and work-related stress. Results. The Sami population disclosed higher mean values for both depression and anxiety than the reference groups, with Sami men reporting the highest rates. Work-related stress was associated with anxiety and depression in the Sami group. Conclusions. By comparing Sami men and women with reference groups of men and women living in urban and rural areas in northern Sweden, this study identified that reindeer-herding Sami men require special attention with regard to mental health problems.

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“…Möller-Leimkühler (2002) argued that help seeking "offends" male role expectations, as men must remain strong and emotionally self-sufficient. Similarly, Houle, Mishara, and Chagnon (2008) drew on the notion of gender roles to argue that adherence to traditional roles influenced help seeking in suicidal men. Feminist, gay, and profeminist scholars have provided a robust critique of sex role theory, arguing that it presents men and women as distinct, groups with uniform practice, and overlooks the impact of power relations between men and women, as well as among men (Carrigan, Connell, & Lee, 1985).…”

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Diverse and Dynamic Interactions: A Model of Suicidal Men’s Help Seeking as It Relates to Health Services

River

2016

Am J Mens Health

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There is a striking gender difference in suicide rates worldwide, with men accounting for approximately 80% of all suicide deaths. In contradictory public discussions, suicidal men are presented sometimes as victims of "poor" health services and sometimes as irremediable, "poor" help seekers. A more substantive theory of suicidal men's help seeking, which moves beyond homogenizing accounts to examine the complex interplay between help seeking and health services, is now required. Eighteen life history interviews were undertaken with men who had engaged in nonfatal suicide. Interviews were analyzed within a theoretical framework of gender relations. The findings challenge static and uniform notions of suicidal men's help seeking. While a few men actively avoided health services, others actively sought help, and in many cases help-seeking practices were triggered by unsolicited encounters with health services. Responsibility for help-seeking behavior did not rest solely with suicidal men. Men's help-seeking practices could either be facilitated or blocked by the character of the professional support that was available. Men in this study overwhelmingly rejected services that framed emotional distress and suicidal behavior as mental illness.

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An empirical test of a mediation model of the impact of the traditional male gender role on suicidal behavior in men

Cited by 99 publications

References 17 publications

Boy Crisis? Sex Differences in Self-Injurious Behaviors and the Effects of Gender Role Conflicts Among College Students in China

Boy Crisis? Sex Differences in Self-Injurious Behaviors and the Effects of Gender Role Conflicts Among College Students in China

Depression and anxiety in the reindeer-herding Sami population of Sweden

Diverse and Dynamic Interactions: A Model of Suicidal Men’s Help Seeking as It Relates to Health Services

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