TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1992//
TI  - Inferred characteristics of successful suicides as function of gender and context
JO  - Suicide and life-threatening behavior
A1  - Shepeard, G.
A1  - Lewis, Russell J.
SP  - 187
EP  - 196
VL  - 22
IS  - 2
N2  - This paper examines college students' attributions about suicide as a function of gender and context (athletic vs. relationship failure). Results indicated that male athletes who suicided were considered more emotionally well-adjusted compared to males who suicided because of a relationship failure and all females. Male and female athletes who suicided were seen as more competent and less distressed compared to those who suffered a failed relationship. Females were also seen as more distressed compared to males. These results are discussed in terms of a positive bias toward athletes in our society as well as gender stereotypes. Implications of these findings as well as methodological limitations are discussed.
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SN  - 0363-0234
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -