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Silvia Sara Canetto

Professor

Programs: Clinical Psychology, Health Psychology

Office: Behavioral Sciences Building 213

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Education:

  • Doctor of Psychology, Experimental/Physiological Psychology, University of Padua, Italy
  • Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, Older Adult Program, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL
  • M.A. General Psychology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel

Curriculum Vitae: View Curriculum Vitae

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About

Area of Specialization: Diversity (i.e., sex, gender, sexual orientation, age, social class, culture, nationality, health/ability status) issues in suicidal behaviors and physician-assisted suicide/hastened death. Gender, culture, and science. Cultural and gender issues in human rights. Stereotypes of gender, aging, and sexual orientation.

Teaching Courses: Psychology of Women, Men, and Gender; and Lifespan Developmental Psychology Courses.

Current Research: My research focuses on cultural scripts (e.g., beliefs, attitudes, norms and narratives) of femininity and masculinity, in four domains.
1. A domain is cultural scripts of gender and suicidality (including suicidal thoughts, nonfatal suicidal behavior, suicide, and physician-assisted suicide), across age, sexual orientation, social class, and ability status.
2. A second domain concerns cultural norms and narratives of women’s and men’s interest, persistence and success in science and engineering.
3. A third research area is cultural and gender issues in human rights.
4. Finally, I study stereotypes of gender, sexual orientation and aging.

Lab: Canetto Gender and Culture Research Team

Lab Website: https://psychlabs.colostate.edu/canettoresearchteam

Lab Description: 

Dr. Canetto studies cultural norms, beliefs, and narratives of femininity and masculinity in four domains. A domain is cultural scripts of gender and suicidal behaviors–including suicidal thoughts, nonfatal suicidal behavior, suicide, and physician-assisted suicide–across intersectionalities of age, sexual orientation, social class, and disability. A second research stream is cultural norms, stereotypes, and narratives of women’s and men’s interest, persistence, and success in science and engineering. A third research area is on cultural and gender issues in human rights. A fourth domain is stereotypes of gender, aging, and sexual orientation.

Publications

  • “Studying scripts of women’s and men’s suicide in Nepal: Qualitative method development and findings.” Canetto, S. S., Menger-Ogle, A., & Subba, U. K. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(11):6032. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20116032, 2023
  • “Women's suicide in low-, middle-, and high-income countries: Do laws discriminating against women matter?” Cai, Z. Y., Canetto, S. S., Chang, Q., & Yip, P. S. F. Social Science & Medicine. doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114035, 2022
  • “A comparison of physician-assisted/Death-with-Dignity-Act death and suicide patterns in older adult women and men.” Canetto, S. S., & McIntosh, J. L. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 30, 211-220. doi.org/10.1016/j.jagp.2021.06.003, 2022
  • “Caregiving as suicide prevention: An ecological 20-country study of men’s family carework, unemployment, and suicide.” Chen, Y.-Y., Cai, Z. Y., Chang, Q., Canetto, S. S., & Yip, P. S. F. Social Psychiatry & Psychiatric Epidemiology, 56, 2185-2198. doi.org/10.1007/s00127-021-02095-9, 2021
  • “Whose culture? Challenging the idea of an opposition between women’s human rights and the right to culture. In N. S. Rubin & R. L. Flores (Eds.),” Canetto, S. S., & Burn, S. M. Cambridge handbook of psychology and human rights (pp. 121-134). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108348607.009, 2020
  • “Academic self-efficacy and performance of underrepresented STEM majors: Gender, ethnic, and social class patterns.” MacPhee, D., Farro, S., & Canetto, S. S. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 13, 347-369. https://doi.org/10.1111/asap.12033, 2013