This paper will focus on the proposed methods and Literature Review on the topic of why is there a disproportionate gap between male suicide rate and that of females? Appropriate research methods will be proposed and critically analysed. Some sociological narratives around the social construction of masculinities will be also explored.
Current situation
As of now, there seems to be a deficiency when it comes to understanding the ‘how’ and ‘why’ of males at risk of suicide. According to this journal “What Interrupts Suicide Attempts in Men: Qualitative Study” not much research is being done in the aim to better understand how interventions can be tailored to men’s specific needs (Player et al., 2015). Their study consisted of mainly …show more content…
Observation of behavioral patterns of our participants will be made. The secondary data from existing researchers will be used, that is information gathered from previous interviews and questionnaires will serve as a yardstick to enhance our research. Interacting with participants in the presence of recording devices will provide a video active context for our research. Ethnographic study will allow us to understand the gist of how the culture and beliefs of a community affect the behaviors and thoughts of individuals within the community. Why do they think the way they do? In our case, we intend to understand why the community condition male as being too strong to show emotions and thus marginalize the impact of male …show more content…
This method of research will allow for a simpler and inexpensive approach to gather information from knowledgeable people and provide flexibility to explore new ideas and issues that are not necessarily anticipated during our planning. The Mindframe National Media Initiative used the same method for media professionals on the reporting of suicide and mental illness. The interviews were conducted via telephone by a senior staff member who was not known to the participant. (Szikszai and Skehan,