Publication year: 2011
Source: Social Science & Medicine, In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 23 August 2011
Anne, Cleary
Male rates of suicide are significantly higher than female rates in Ireland and other Western countries, yet the process and detail of men’s suicidal action is relatively unknown. This is partly due to prevailing theoretical and methodological approaches. In this area of study, macro-level, quantitative approaches predominate; and theoretical frameworks tend to adopt unitary notions of men, as well as binary, oppositional, concepts of masculinity and femininity. This inquiry, based on in-depth interviews with 52 young men who made a suicide attempt in Ireland, examines suicidal behaviour at the individual level. The findings demonstrate that these men experienced high levels…
Highlights: ► Addresses issues of gender and emotional expression and examines the impact of emotional suppression on suicidal behaviour. ► Focuses is on young men who made a serious suicide attempt – a group who represent a major at risk category for suicide. ► Qualitative study of suicidal behaviour which is relatively rare in the literature.