Help-seeking among Male Farmers: Connecting Masculinities and Mental Health

Sociologia Ruralis

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 460-476

  Roy, Philippe ^a   Tremblay, Gilles ^a   Robertson, Steven ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; COPING STRATEGY; GENDER RELATIONS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 84939258249     PISSN: 00380199     EISSN: 14679523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/soru.12045     Document Type: Article

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