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The Quiet Revolution and the Sex Differential in Quebec's Suicide Rates: 1931-1986

Krull, Catherine, Trovato, Frank·1994·Social Forces
DOI 10.2307/2580295
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In the context of the Quiet Revolution in Quebec during the late 1950s, this article devotes specific attention to the widening sex differential in suicide rates from 1931 to 1986. We reconceptualize sex roles and suicide in the context of modernization theory and then consider the Quebec case. We argue that the differential can be explained by the presence of varied integrating and regulating structures in society for men and women. Natural differences between the sexes are unimportant in explaining the lower suicide propensities of women than of men. We also challenge the view that the role expansion of women will necessarily lead to a convergence in male and female suicide rates. The results of this analysis are consistent with the hypothesis that insofar as suicide rates can be considered a manifestation of differences in psychiatric pathology between the sexes, modernization in Quebec has been more detrimental to men than to women. We conclude that the breakdown in traditional forms of social integration and regulation in Quebec will continue to engender a widening of the sex differential in suicide risk.

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Authors
Krull, C., & Trovato, F.
Affiliations
University of Alberta (CA)
Corresponding author
Krull, Catherine
ORCID
Trovato, Frank
Venue
Social Forces
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Published
1994-06
Volume
72
Issue
4
Pages
1121
ISSN
0037-7732 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.2307/2580295
OpenAlex
W2141694978
Cited by
84
References
0
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2023: 41 · 2022: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 3
FWCI
2.06
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Social Forces (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
  • Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender Roles and Identity Studies
Keywords
suicide rates, Quiet Revolution, Quebec, modernization theory, gender roles, gender differences, social integration, social regulation, psychiatric pathology, suicide risk

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