Not drawing on my experience, but from the studies I've read. Impulsivity is mostly a factor in young persons, which I was basing my assertions on (since the article focuses on young girls). Most of the literature indicates that suicide methods are strongly influenced by gender roles, hence the young male impulsivity and catastrophic results when it comes to suicide attempts.
In terms of impulsiveness are you thinking in terms of emotional tendencies? Like a histrionic sort of outburst? It is true that a common gender role across cultures is men being more stoic and women being more emotional. In fact, a few articles mention that suicide for women vs. men is often "can't stand the pain vs. can't stand the shame." That probably varies by culture though.
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Not drawing on my experience, but from the studies I've read. Impulsivity is mostly a factor in young persons, which I was basing my assertions on (since the article focuses on young girls). Most of the literature indicates that suicide methods are strongly influenced by gender roles, hence the young male impulsivity and catastrophic results when it comes to suicide attempts.
In terms of impulsiveness are you thinking in terms of emotional tendencies? Like a histrionic sort of outburst? It is true that a common gender role across cultures is men being more stoic and women being more emotional. In fact, a few articles mention that suicide for women vs. men is often "can't stand the pain vs. can't stand the shame." That probably varies by culture though.
Looking up some studies, suicidal ideation is about the same for men and women.
But the difference is that there are more suicide attempts by young females, but more successful suicides by young males.