CoChat
Sign Up
Cited by 172Suicide and Self-Harm StudiesHomicide, Infanticide, and Child AbuseLGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy

6 Gender and Suicide in the Elderly

Canetto, Silvia Sara·1992·Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior
DOI 10.1111/j.1943-278x.1992.tb00477.x
Open this paper in CoChat — free account

Abstract

Gender is one of the most important predictors of suicide in the elderly. In North America, older women are less likely to be suicidal than older men. So far, suicidologists have either ignored gender differences or have focused on the presumed causes of older men's suicidal behavior. In this paper, the focus is on older women's low rates of suicidal mortality. On the basis of a review of the literature, several hypotheses are suggested. One is that gender differences in suicide mortality reflect differences in coping. Another hypothesis is that gender differences are influenced by gender norms of suicidal behavior. Directions for prevention are proposed.

Integrity signals

Registry

Crossref · 10.1111/j.1943-278x.1992.tb00477.x

Cites

49 of 49 references verified0 citation errors · 0 not checkable

Statistics

Recomputing p-values needs the paper’s full text.

Claims the paper makes

This paper’s full text isn’t openly available, so its claims and self-check weren’t run. The registry and citation checks still apply.

Claims other papers make about this one

Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?

  • It is probable that gendered beliefs and experiences play a role in the association between social factors and suicide.

    “It is probable that gendered beliefs and experiences play a role in the association between social factors and suicide [20,50]”

    From A systematic review of social factors and suicidal behavior in older adulthood (2012) · cites this paper as [20]

  • There is a vast sex differential in suicide rates observed among older adults in most industrialized countries for which suicide data are available.

    “This is particularly problematic considering the vast sex differential in suicide rates observed among older adults in most industrialized countries for which suicide data are available [20].”

    From A systematic review of social factors and suicidal behavior in older adulthood (2012) · cites this paper as [20]

Cites

Flagged first, then by citations

Cited by

Sorted by citations

Related

Authors
Canetto, S. S.
Affiliations
Colorado State University (US)
Corresponding author
Canetto, Silvia Sara
ORCID
Canetto, Silvia Sara
Venue
Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior
Publisher
Wiley
Published
1992-03
Volume
22
Issue
1
Pages
80-97
ISSN
  • 0363-0234 (ISSN-L)
  • 1943-278X
DOI
10.1111/j.1943-278x.1992.tb00477.x
OpenAlex
W2099621367
Cited by
172
References
49
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 49 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 5 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 8 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 6
FWCI
5.24
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor, 6878 d)
Locations
  • Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
Keywords
gender differences, suicide, older women, older men, suicide mortality, coping, gender norms, suicide prevention, older adults
MeSH terms
Suicide Prevention, Adaptation, Psychological, Age Factors, Aged, Female, Humans, Male, North America, Risk Factors, Sex Factors, Suicide

About these checks

Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.

Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.

Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.

What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›

Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review