A sample of U.S. urban fathers was studied using in-depth qualitative interviews to better understand how having children might influence the fathers’ health and health behaviors. Over three-quarters of the men reported positive changes to their health behaviors since becoming fathers. The specific examples cited as positive changes by fathers included; positive changes in diet, increased frequency of exercise and physical activity, taking better care of themselves in general, decreased alcohol use, and less risk-taking behavior. A key shift is also identified in men’s perspectives around the transition to fatherhood. Recommendations are provided to clinicians who seek to design interventions that reengage men in the health care system and caring for their health.
{"title":"Men’s Health and Fatherhood in the Urban Midwestern United States","authors":"C. Garfield, Anthony Isacco, W. D. Bartlo","doi":"10.3149/JMH.0903.161","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3149/JMH.0903.161","url":null,"abstract":"A sample of U.S. urban fathers was studied using in-depth qualitative interviews to better understand how having children might influence the fathers’ health and health behaviors. Over three-quarters of the men reported positive changes to their health behaviors since becoming fathers. The specific examples cited as positive changes by fathers included; positive changes in diet, increased frequency of exercise and physical activity, taking better care of themselves in general, decreased alcohol use, and less risk-taking behavior. A key shift is also identified in men’s perspectives around the transition to fatherhood. Recommendations are provided to clinicians who seek to design interventions that reengage men in the health care system and caring for their health.","PeriodicalId":88000,"journal":{"name":"International journal of men's health","volume":"9 1","pages":"161-174"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69857306","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Stephanie Bates Galligan, R. Barnett, M. Brennan, G. Israel
This study examined the relationship between gender role conflict and propensity for suicidality in adolescent and emerging adult males using a resilience perspective. Multiple regression modeling revealed a complex relationship, namely that competition and motivation for success in males served as protective against suicidality while associating emotional disclosure with anxiety or negativity served as a risk factor. Identifying risk through assessment of the loss of protective factors in male youth can help to identify threats to positive youth development before the onset of suicidal ideation. This may be useful in studying the earlier processes in the development of suicidality.
{"title":"Understanding the Link Between Gender Role Conflict, Resilience, and Propensity for Suicide in Adolescent and Emerging Adult Males","authors":"Stephanie Bates Galligan, R. Barnett, M. Brennan, G. Israel","doi":"10.3149/JMH.0903.201","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3149/JMH.0903.201","url":null,"abstract":"This study examined the relationship between gender role conflict and propensity for suicidality in adolescent and emerging adult males using a resilience perspective. Multiple regression modeling revealed a complex relationship, namely that competition and motivation for success in males served as protective against suicidality while associating emotional disclosure with anxiety or negativity served as a risk factor. Identifying risk through assessment of the loss of protective factors in male youth can help to identify threats to positive youth development before the onset of suicidal ideation. This may be useful in studying the earlier processes in the development of suicidality.","PeriodicalId":88000,"journal":{"name":"International journal of men's health","volume":"9 1","pages":"201-210"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69857016","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Successful behavior change according to the transtheoretical model involves progressing through a series of stages of change. This paper examines the proportion of men in each stage of change for fruit and vegetable intake, compares stage classification with intentions and behavior, and the impact of contextual factors on stage membership. Men randomly selected from the New Zealand electoral roll completed a postal questionnaire (n = 518; 45% response rate). One-third (32%) of respondents were not intending to eat five or more servings of fruit and vegetables a day (precontemplation stage), 10% were contemplating change (contemplation stage), 7% preparing to change (preparation stage), and 51% were already doing so in the combined action/maintenance stage. Intentions increased on average across stages, and fruit and vegetable intake was at least two servings higher in action/maintenance. Dietary guideline knowledge, older age, higher income, education and food security increased the likelihood of being in action/maintenance. Simple health promotion messages should be directed toward men, promoting conventional and affordable produce, and dietary guidelines. Community and policy approaches that increase food skills and knowledge, fruit and vegetable access and affordability would support behavior change.
{"title":"Stages of Change for Fruit and Vegetable Intake Among New Zealand Men: Readiness to Eat Five Servings a Day and Impact of Contextual Factors","authors":"Angela Jury, R. Flett","doi":"10.3149/JMH.0903.184","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3149/JMH.0903.184","url":null,"abstract":"Successful behavior change according to the transtheoretical model involves progressing through a series of stages of change. This paper examines the proportion of men in each stage of change for fruit and vegetable intake, compares stage classification with intentions and behavior, and the impact of contextual factors on stage membership. Men randomly selected from the New Zealand electoral roll completed a postal questionnaire (n = 518; 45% response rate). One-third (32%) of respondents were not intending to eat five or more servings of fruit and vegetables a day (precontemplation stage), 10% were contemplating change (contemplation stage), 7% preparing to change (preparation stage), and 51% were already doing so in the combined action/maintenance stage. Intentions increased on average across stages, and fruit and vegetable intake was at least two servings higher in action/maintenance. Dietary guideline knowledge, older age, higher income, education and food security increased the likelihood of being in action/maintenance. Simple health promotion messages should be directed toward men, promoting conventional and affordable produce, and dietary guidelines. Community and policy approaches that increase food skills and knowledge, fruit and vegetable access and affordability would support behavior change.","PeriodicalId":88000,"journal":{"name":"International journal of men's health","volume":"9 1","pages":"184-200"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69857379","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abortion rates worldwide suggest that a large number of young men are in fact exposed to the experience of an abortion. This phenomenological hermeneutic study illuminates ten young men’s experiences of the abortion process including the abortion itself. In view of their different cultural backgrounds and their stable or merely casual relationship with the girlfriend, their experiences are illuminated in four main themes as; having interrupted a life-giving process, having wished to relieve the girlfriend’s pain, having struggled with feelings of helplessness, and standing up for made decisions. The interpreted whole is expressed as; a wish to compensate the girlfriend for her suffering and share with her the responsibility for the abortion. With a view to promoting gender equality in reproductive health the results are discussed in the light of relational ethics and contribute to reflections on current praxis in health-care settings.
{"title":"Swedish young men's lived experiences of a girlfriend's early induced abortion","authors":"B. Halldén, K. Christensson","doi":"10.3149/JMH.0902.126","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3149/JMH.0902.126","url":null,"abstract":"Abortion rates worldwide suggest that a large number of young men are in fact exposed to the experience of an abortion. This phenomenological hermeneutic study illuminates ten young men’s experiences of the abortion process including the abortion itself. In view of their different cultural backgrounds and their stable or merely casual relationship with the girlfriend, their experiences are illuminated in four main themes as; having interrupted a life-giving process, having wished to relieve the girlfriend’s pain, having struggled with feelings of helplessness, and standing up for made decisions. The interpreted whole is expressed as; a wish to compensate the girlfriend for her suffering and share with her the responsibility for the abortion. With a view to promoting gender equality in reproductive health the results are discussed in the light of relational ethics and contribute to reflections on current praxis in health-care settings.","PeriodicalId":88000,"journal":{"name":"International journal of men's health","volume":"9 1","pages":"126-143"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69856980","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
L. Wasylkiw, Michael Currie, R. Meuse, Rachel Pardoe
Two studies examined the perceptions that men have of images of male ideals as a function of whether appearance or performance was emphasized. In Study 1 (N = 54 men) male ideals that stressed appearance were rated as more muscular, more masculine and more attractive than male ideals that stressed performance. In Study 2 (N = 62 men) differences in the presentation of male ideals contributed not only to differences in perceptions of physical attributes but also to judgments of personality and behavioural tendencies of male ideals. In addition to discussing the implications and limitations of the current investigation, avenues for future research are outlined.
{"title":"Perceptions of Male Ideals: The Power of Presentation","authors":"L. Wasylkiw, Michael Currie, R. Meuse, Rachel Pardoe","doi":"10.3149/JMH.0902.144","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3149/JMH.0902.144","url":null,"abstract":"Two studies examined the perceptions that men have of images of male ideals as a function of whether appearance or performance was emphasized. In Study 1 (N = 54 men) male ideals that stressed appearance were rated as more muscular, more masculine and more attractive than male ideals that stressed performance. In Study 2 (N = 62 men) differences in the presentation of male ideals contributed not only to differences in perceptions of physical attributes but also to judgments of personality and behavioural tendencies of male ideals. In addition to discussing the implications and limitations of the current investigation, avenues for future research are outlined.","PeriodicalId":88000,"journal":{"name":"International journal of men's health","volume":"9 1","pages":"144-153"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-06-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69857045","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This article explores the viability of Gender Role Re-Evaluation (GRE) and Non Gender-Focused (NGF) group psychotherapy with recently separated men. Sixtyone participants were randomly distributed into three GRE or three NGF groups. Eleven psychometric measures were administered at pre-pre-group, pre-group, post-group and six-week follow-up. Results of a repeated-measures MANOVA revealed significant changes in Emotional Expression, Self and Other Orientation, and Psychological Well-Being, maintained at six-week follow-up. As the first randomized empirical investigation of men’s consciousness-raising groups and gender role re-evaluation psychotherapy groups for men, these results provide a more positive re-framing of men’s accessible potential for positive therapeutic change in groups, and a more hopeful perspective of the therapeutic potential of group psychotherapy with men undergoing a major psychosocial crisis.
{"title":"The Effectiveness of Gender Role Re-Evaluation and Non-Gender-Focused Group Psychotherapy in the Treatment of Recently Separated Men","authors":"D. Nahon, Nedra R. Lander","doi":"10.3149/JMH.0902.102","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3149/JMH.0902.102","url":null,"abstract":"This article explores the viability of Gender Role Re-Evaluation (GRE) and Non Gender-Focused (NGF) group psychotherapy with recently separated men. Sixtyone participants were randomly distributed into three GRE or three NGF groups. Eleven psychometric measures were administered at pre-pre-group, pre-group, post-group and six-week follow-up. Results of a repeated-measures MANOVA revealed significant changes in Emotional Expression, Self and Other Orientation, and Psychological Well-Being, maintained at six-week follow-up. As the first randomized empirical investigation of men’s consciousness-raising groups and gender role re-evaluation psychotherapy groups for men, these results provide a more positive re-framing of men’s accessible potential for positive therapeutic change in groups, and a more hopeful perspective of the therapeutic potential of group psychotherapy with men undergoing a major psychosocial crisis.","PeriodicalId":88000,"journal":{"name":"International journal of men's health","volume":"9 1","pages":"102-125"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-06-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69857348","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This study examined differences in socio-demographics, risk factors and interest in health care topics between males who reported depression compared to those who did not. The sample consisted of 1294 African-American and Hispanic males attending family planning clinics. The results indicated major differences between depressed and non-depressed males. Depressed males were more likely than nondepressed males to be Hispanic and to engage in risk behaviors such as cigarette smoking and drug and alcohol use. Differences were also found in regard to interest in health topics, with depressed males requiring more services related to relationships and feelings than non-depressed males. The findings indicate that young males who attend family planning clinics exhibit signs of depression and profile differently from those who do not exhibit these symptoms and may need additional assessments and referral services.
{"title":"Depression and risk behaviors among males attending family planning clinics.","authors":"R. Buzi, M. Weinman, Peggy B. Smith","doi":"10.3149/JMH.0902.91","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3149/JMH.0902.91","url":null,"abstract":"This study examined differences in socio-demographics, risk factors and interest in health care topics between males who reported depression compared to those who did not. The sample consisted of 1294 African-American and Hispanic males attending family planning clinics. The results indicated major differences between depressed and non-depressed males. Depressed males were more likely than nondepressed males to be Hispanic and to engage in risk behaviors such as cigarette smoking and drug and alcohol use. Differences were also found in regard to interest in health topics, with depressed males requiring more services related to relationships and feelings than non-depressed males. The findings indicate that young males who attend family planning clinics exhibit signs of depression and profile differently from those who do not exhibit these symptoms and may need additional assessments and referral services.","PeriodicalId":88000,"journal":{"name":"International journal of men's health","volume":"9 1","pages":"91-101"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-06-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69857138","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Language can be used both literally and metaphorically. In this article, we explore the metaphorical use of terms including impotence, castration and neutered, to better understand how these words are interpreted by both the public at large, and by the approximately half a million men in North America who, at one time or another, take chemically castrating drugs to control prostate cancer. Specifically, we examine contemporary, publicly accessible sources for keywords related to emasculation; i.e., the Internet, jokes, films and printed news reports. We find that these terms are almost always employed negatively. We conclude that the language of emasculation often faults the subject and implies general dysfunction and powerlessness—socially, politically, and sexually—adding to the shame and “othering” felt by cancer patients who are castrated out of medical necessity. In addition, we show that recent efforts to refer to sexual impotence more narrowly as erectile dysfunction fail to separate the metaphorical from the physical meaning of impotence, and do not solve the problem of the shame associated with medical castration. Society’s failure to recognize that castration is still common adds to the stigma of those who are emasculated for medical reasons.
{"title":"The Language of Emasculation: Implications for Cancer Patients","authors":"M. A. Cushman, J. L. Phillips, R. Wassersug","doi":"10.3149/JMH.0901.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3149/JMH.0901.3","url":null,"abstract":"Language can be used both literally and metaphorically. In this article, we explore the metaphorical use of terms including impotence, castration and neutered, to better understand how these words are interpreted by both the public at large, and by the approximately half a million men in North America who, at one time or another, take chemically castrating drugs to control prostate cancer. Specifically, we examine contemporary, publicly accessible sources for keywords related to emasculation; i.e., the Internet, jokes, films and printed news reports. We find that these terms are almost always employed negatively. We conclude that the language of emasculation often faults the subject and implies general dysfunction and powerlessness—socially, politically, and sexually—adding to the shame and “othering” felt by cancer patients who are castrated out of medical necessity. In addition, we show that recent efforts to refer to sexual impotence more narrowly as erectile dysfunction fail to separate the metaphorical from the physical meaning of impotence, and do not solve the problem of the shame associated with medical castration. Society’s failure to recognize that castration is still common adds to the stigma of those who are emasculated for medical reasons.","PeriodicalId":88000,"journal":{"name":"International journal of men's health","volume":"99 1","pages":"3-25"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69856517","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The current study examined the mediational impact of gender role conflict on the relationship between social sensitivity and depression in a sample of gay men. Participants were 162 self-identified gay men who responded to a collection of online questionnaires. Findings revealed that the combined effect of the subscales from the Gender Role Conflict Scale mediated the relationship between social sensitivity and depression. Specifically, the subscales of Restrictive Emotionality and Conflict Between Work and Family Relations were found to uniquely mediate this relationship. Results suggest that concerns gay men have in maintaining a masculine image may play an important role through which social sensitivity acts on the prediction of depression.
{"title":"Gender Role Conflict as a Mediator between Social Sensitivity and Depression in a Sample of Gay Men","authors":"Aaron J. Blashill, J. V. Wal","doi":"10.3149/JMH.0901.26","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3149/JMH.0901.26","url":null,"abstract":"The current study examined the mediational impact of gender role conflict on the relationship between social sensitivity and depression in a sample of gay men. Participants were 162 self-identified gay men who responded to a collection of online questionnaires. Findings revealed that the combined effect of the subscales from the Gender Role Conflict Scale mediated the relationship between social sensitivity and depression. Specifically, the subscales of Restrictive Emotionality and Conflict Between Work and Family Relations were found to uniquely mediate this relationship. Results suggest that concerns gay men have in maintaining a masculine image may play an important role through which social sensitivity acts on the prediction of depression.","PeriodicalId":88000,"journal":{"name":"International journal of men's health","volume":"9 1","pages":"26-39"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69856968","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
One of the common causes of unnatural death for men is suicide. The intent of the current research is to add to the understanding of men’s suicides involving the two most common methods of suicide the use of firearm and hanging. As the results of this study show, identification of predictors of whether men kill themselves via fire arm or hanging suggest that younger men are more likely to use firearms and older men use hanging with prior consumption of drugs and alcohol. The only statistically significant difference between men who do and do not leave suicide notes is that those who do are likely to be older and less likely to use a gun.
{"title":"Factors related to suicide via firearms and hanging and leaving of suicide notes.","authors":"R. Tewksbury, G. Suresh, R. M. Holmes","doi":"10.3149/JMH.0901.40","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3149/JMH.0901.40","url":null,"abstract":"One of the common causes of unnatural death for men is suicide. The intent of the current research is to add to the understanding of men’s suicides involving the two most common methods of suicide the use of firearm and hanging. As the results of this study show, identification of predictors of whether men kill themselves via fire arm or hanging suggest that younger men are more likely to use firearms and older men use hanging with prior consumption of drugs and alcohol. The only statistically significant difference between men who do and do not leave suicide notes is that those who do are likely to be older and less likely to use a gun.","PeriodicalId":88000,"journal":{"name":"International journal of men's health","volume":"9 1","pages":"40-49"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69856559","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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