Sex, gender role orientation, gender role attitudes and suicidal thoughts in three generations: A general population study

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 641-647

  Hunt, Kate ^a   Sweeting, Helen ^a   Keoghan, Margaret ^a   Platt, Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gender; Gender role attitudes; Masculinity; Suicidal ideation

Indexed keywords

ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO SEXUALITY; COMMUNITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEMININITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MASCULINITY; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX ROLE; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; THINKING;

EID: 33746308759     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-006-0074-y     Document Type: Article

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