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Gender-role conflict and suicidal behaviour in adolescent girls
Leora Pinhas1, Harriet Weaver, Pier Bryden
1Eating Disorder Program, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario. Harriet_Weaver@camh.net
Abstract
Objective:
This study examined whether gender-role conflict influenced the suicidal behaviour of adolescent girls.
Method:
We designed a checklist and used it to perform a chart review.
Results:
Gender-role conflict was associated with suicidal behaviour in 26.79% of the adolescent girls, and 2.68% of the adolescent boys, that we studied.
Conclusions:
Gender-role conflict plays an important role in the suicidal behaviour of girls. At present, there is no published research examining the impact of gender-role conflict on suicidal adolescents.