Planned Suicide Methods in Crisis Conversations: Effects of Age and Gender.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Understanding demographic differences in planned suicide methods is key to prevention efforts, including means restriction. Although prior studies have identified gender differences in suicide methods, the stability vs emergence of those gender differences across age bands has not previously been examined. We aimed to identity stability or emergence of gender differences in planned suicide methods across development by testing for age by gender interactions, in a large cohort of crisis conversations.

Method

We analyzed an archival dataset of 34,465 deidentified conversations from Crisis Text Line between January 5, 2017, and January 4, 2024. A total of 5,136 texters selected boy/man as the only applicable gender option, 23,387 selected only girl/woman, and 5,942 se

SUBMITTER: Tripodi IJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12684464 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature