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12664306

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-3-28
pubmed:abstractText
Suicide and premature death due to coronary heart disease, violence, accidents, drug or alcohol abuse are strikingly male phenomena, particularly in the young and middle-aged groups. Rates of offending behaviour, conduct disorders, suicide and depression are even rising, and give evidence to a high gender-related vulnerability of young men. In explaining this vulnerability, the gender perspective offers an analytical tool to integrate structural and cultural factors. It is shown that traditional masculinity is a key risk factor for male vulnerability promoting maladaptive coping strategies such as emotional unexpressiveness, reluctance to seek help, or alcohol abuse. This basic male disposition is shown to increase psychosocial stress due to different societal conditions: to changes in male gender-role, to postmodern individualism and to rapid social change in Eastern Europe and Russia. Relying on empirical data and theoretical explanations, a gender model of male vulnerability is proposed. It is concluded that the gender gap in suicide and premature death can most likely be explained by perceived reduction in social role opportunities leading to social exclusion.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0940-1334
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
253
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-5-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
The gender gap in suicide and premature death or: why are men so vulnerable?
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychiatry, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Nussbaumstr. 7, 80336 Munich, Germany. amoeller@psy.med.uni-muenchen.de
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review