Broadbent Robyn, Papadopoulos Theo
a College of Education , Victoria University , PO Box 14428, Melbourne , Victoria , Australia 8001.
J Child Adolesc Ment Health. 2014;26(3):217-27. doi: 10.2989/17280583.2014.923431.
Statistics on causes of death gathered by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (2010) report that suicide was the leading cause amongst young men in Australia between the ages of 15-24. The figures have been similarly high for over a decade. In Australia these alarming statistics have led to the funding of a range of programmes tackling youth suicide and more recently programmes that are aimed at improving help-seeking behaviours of young men. The programme reported in this paper is one such programme that is working with young men in the building and construction industry who are regarded at even greater risk of poor mental health outcomes. The research that was undertaken uncovered some of the impact of a universal programme on improving the protective factors of young men in this industry. Young men can present themselves in a very positive light as robust and resilient human beings, contrary to much of the research that has been undertaken with a focus on young men in building and construction and living in rural and remote communities. This paper discusses the data and uses the material to consider how resilient young men in this industry can become key informants and informal peer mentors.
澳大利亚统计局（2010年）收集的死亡原因统计数据显示，自杀是澳大利亚15至24岁年轻男性中的首要死因。十多年来，这一数字一直居高不下。在澳大利亚，这些惊人的统计数据促使一系列应对青少年自杀问题的项目获得了资金支持，最近还出现了旨在改善年轻男性求助行为的项目。本文所报道的项目就是其中之一，该项目针对建筑行业的年轻男性开展工作，这些人被认为心理健康状况不佳的风险更高。所进行的研究揭示了一项通用项目对改善该行业年轻男性保护因素的一些影响。与许多针对建筑行业且生活在农村和偏远社区的年轻男性所开展的研究不同，年轻男性可以展现出非常积极的形象，即强壮且有韧性。本文讨论了这些数据，并利用这些材料来思考该行业有韧性的年轻男性如何能够成为关键信息提供者和非正式的同伴导师。
