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  • Suicide attempts among men with histories of child sexual abuse: Examining abuse severity, mental health, and masculine norms

    Author(s)
    Easton, Scott D
    Renner, Lynette M
    O'Leary, Patrick
    Griffith University Author(s)
    O'Leary, Patrick J.
    Year published
    2013
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    Abstract
    Objective Men who were sexually abused during childhood are at risk for a variety of long-term mental health problems, including suicidality. However, little is known about which factors are related to recent suicide attempts for this vulnerable, under-researched population. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between abuse severity, mental health, masculine norms and recent suicide attempts among men with histories of child sexual abuse (CSA). Methods We analyzed survey data gathered from a purposive sample of 487 men who were sexually abused during childhood. The age of the sample ranged from 19 to ...
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    Objective Men who were sexually abused during childhood are at risk for a variety of long-term mental health problems, including suicidality. However, little is known about which factors are related to recent suicide attempts for this vulnerable, under-researched population. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between abuse severity, mental health, masculine norms and recent suicide attempts among men with histories of child sexual abuse (CSA). Methods We analyzed survey data gathered from a purposive sample of 487 men who were sexually abused during childhood. The age of the sample ranged from 19 to 84 years (堽 50.4 years). Recent suicide attempts served as the dependent variable in the study. Self-reported measures of sexual abuse severity, child physical abuse, mental health, masculine norms, and demographic information (age, race) represented the independent variables. Results The results from logistic regression modeling found that five variables - duration of the sexual abuse, use of force during the sexual abuse, high conformity to masculine norms, level of depressive symptoms, and suicidal ideation - increased the odds of a suicide attempt in the past 12 months. Conclusion To improve mental health services for men with histories of CSA, mental health practitioners should incorporate sexual abuse severity, current mental health, and adherence to masculine norms into assessment and treatment planning.
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    Journal Title
    Child Abuse & Neglect
    Volume
    37
    Issue
    6
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2012.11.007
    Subject
    Criminology
    Social work
    Clinical social work practice
    Social work not elsewhere classified
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/55317
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