Better dead than dishonored: Masculinity and male suicidal behavior in contemporary Ghana

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 474-481

  Adinkrah, Mensah ^a  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Ghana; Honor; Masculinities; Shame; Suicidal behavior; Suicide

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GENDER; MASCULINIZATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; EMOTIONAL STRESS; GHANA; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HONOR; HUMAN; IMPOTENCE; INFANT; MALE; MASCULINITY; OFFENDER; POLICE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX ROLE; SHAME; SOCIALIZATION; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHRISTIANITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CRIME; CULTURE; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; ISLAM; MALE; MARRIAGE; MASCULINITY; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL STIGMA; SUICIDE; UNEMPLOYMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

GHANA;

EID: 84856385244     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.10.011     Document Type: Article

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