Learning to Be a Man: Friendships, Positive Male Role Models, and Behavioural Health in a Sample of Young Men from Belfast

Amanda Dylina Morse, MPH; Kathryn Higgins, PhD

 

The content here comes from a poster presented at the 20th European Symposium for Suicide and Suicidal Behaviour, held in August 2024 in Rome, Italy.

The full poster as presented is available to the below, with references at the bottom. It intended to make the poster content more accessible to attendees and is not authorised for broad distribution.

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