ABSTRACT
Suicide is a major health issue with over 800,000 people worldwide dying by suicide each year and many more attempting and struggling with suicidality (i.e., suicide ideations, attempts, and plans; World Health Organization [WHO], 2014). Within this context, most casualties are men, particularly in Western countries (WHO, 2014). Therefore, male suicide is increasingly understood as a complex, gendered health and social problem wherein masculinities are central, both in terms of norms and ideals as well as power differentials (Oliffe & Phillips, 2008). This framing has led to a call for the development of male-specific suicide prevention interventions that address masculinity and, more specifically, men’s contextual alignments to masculine ideals and norms (Oliffe, Ogrodniczuk, Bottorff, Johnson, & Hoyak, 2012).
