Suicidality and Self-Harm Among Sexual Minorities in Japan

Datos Bibliográficos

ID5454898
AutoresAnthony S Distefano (California State University, Fullerton, California, USA, autor de correspondencia)
Año2008
Volumen18
Número10
Páginas1429-1441
Fecha de publicación2008-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaQualitative Health Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1049-7323 • E-ISSN: 1552-7557
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1049732308322605
PMID18689528
OpenAlexW2131421751
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas16
Referencias citadas64

In this study, I used ethnographic methods to examine suicidality and nonsuicidal self-harm among gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender persons in Japan. Participants ( N = 84) indicated that suicidality and self-harm are serious problems among sexual minorities and tend to be driven by (a) a homophobic/transphobic environment and the negative consequences of sexual minorities either disclosing their true selves or remaining hidden and silent within such an environment; (b) various antecedents to poor mental health; and (c) factors not directly related to being a sexual minority, particularly unemployment and debt in the context of a protracted national economic decline in Japan prior to the study period of 2003-2004. Participants also perceived a potentially higher risk for suicidality and self-harm among sexual minority adolescents and persons in their early 20s; those who work in the entertainment, bar, or sex industries; and survivors of violence perpetrated by intimate partners or family members

Criminology · Harm · Psychiatry · Clinical Psychology · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Social Psychology