Download or read book The Effect of Practitioner Title and Gender Socialization on Men s Attitudes Stigma and Preferences for Seeking Help written by Ryan Andrew McKelley and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Men's underutilization of mental health services continues to be one of the most consistent findings in the help-seeking literature. Many scholars suggest that the culture of therapy may be at odds with masculine socialization and men who might be most in need of help are not seeking or receiving it. Interestingly, this aversion to seeking help is not reflected in the recent growth in the practice of executive coaching. However, no studies have investigated coaching as an alternative treatment option. The purpose of this study was to explore men's attitudes and preferences about seeking professional help based on practitioner title (psychologist or executive coach), examine the stigma of seeking professional help based on intervention (therapy or executive coaching), and provide additional data on barriers to seeking help. It was hypothesized that men's conformity to masculine norms would be related to attitudes, stigma, and preferences for seeking help in several important ways. First, most men would have more positive attitudes toward seeking help from executive coaching than therapy. Second, differences in attitudes would be most pronounced for more "traditional" men. Third, executive coaching was expected to be less stigmatizing than therapy. Finally, although men might view a psychologist as more expert and trustworthy, coaching would be a more attractive treatment option. Two-hundred-nine working adult men in the U.S. participated in the online study. After filling out demographic information and assessing their conformity to masculine norms and help-seeking attitudes, participants chose one of three audio vignettes depicting a man getting professional help for a work concern. Afterwards, their attitudes toward seeking help, evaluations of the session, and ratings of stigma for the vignette character were collected. Participants also listed reasons for and against seeking professional help. Results indicate that men in the study had similar help-seeking attitudes for therapy and executive coaching; however, conformity to masculine norms predicted stigma for seeking help, and therapy was viewed as the more stigmatizing intervention. Several interesting themes around reasons for and against seeking help for both modalities also emerged. Implications of the study, as well as limitations and directions for future research, are discussed.
Download or read book Mental Health Men and Culture how Do Sociocultural Constructions of Masculinities Relate to Men s Mental Health Help seeking Behaviour in the WHO European Region written by and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gender Roles Alexithymia Stigma and Men s Attitudes Towards Help Seeking for Depression written by Gwyneth Abrams and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Effects of Treatment Provider and Location Labels on Male Attitudes and Intentions to Seek Professional Psychological Help written by Rachel S. Wahto and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The current study examined the impact of the labels of provider, treatment focus, and treatment location on males' willingness to seek and recommend treatment, and males' experience of public and self-stigma. One hundred forty-two men were assigned to a treatment condition and provided measures that examined their experience of stigma, male gender role conflicted and attitudes or intentions to seek professional mental health services. No significant results were found for main effects. However, a significant difference was found between males who had and those who had not received previous therapy in willingness to recommend based on provider labels. Those who had previous therapy were more likely to recommend a "psychologist." Those without previous therapy were more willing to recommend a "counselor." Additionally, "Mental Health Clinic" was preferred with the focus "coping with feelings" while "Counseling Center" was preferred with "coping with problems." Clinical implications of this study, and future directions for research are discussed.
Download or read book Psychological Help seeking written by Nicole Bevan and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Men have been shown to seek psychological help at lower rates than women (Kessler, Brown, & Broman, 1981). Recent research has demonstrated that much mental illness among men may go unidentified and untreated (particularly depression, Brownhill, 2003). The aim of this research was to identify the barriers that may exist to the identification of mental health concerns among men and to men seeking appropriate professional treatment. The first study investigated the impact of prior help-seeking, gender-role conflict, mental health locus of origin, personality, and gender on attitudes to psychological help-seeking. Internet based surveys were completed by 635 participants, the majority of whom were university students. Results showed that each of the variables specified above was associated with attitudes to help-seeking. The second study examined the mental health literacy of university students using vignettes developed by Jorm, Korten, Jacomb and colleagues (1997). Results showed that mental health literacy was lower amongst men than women, and was higher for depression than schizophrenia Men recommended lay help-seeking for depression whilst women advised seeing a psychologist. Results also indicated that some participants would be unlikely to seek intervention for mental health issues even when they considered this to be the best course of action. A third study was undertaken to investigate barriers to men and women seeking help for physical and mental concerns. Barriers to help-seeking for physical and mental concerns were similar. For men barriers included self-reliance, the stigma of being labelled mentally ill, and fear of outcome. The indicators that one was suffering from mental illness and predictions of subsequent action were explored and found to differ between genders. Participants identified education as likely to improve men's help-seeking behaviour. For the fourth study, 66 general practitioners and mental health professionals from rural and metropolitan locations completed a survey regarding men with mental illness and their psychological help-seeking. Practitioners reported beliefs that men's experience of mental illness differed from that of women. Such differences included that men denied problems, were prompted to seek help, did so as a last resort, and that rural factors impacted negatively on men's help-seeking behaviour. In order to provide a comprehensive understanding of men's help-seeking behaviour, the fifth study utilised in-depth interviews to investigate the experiences of men from rural and metropolitan locations who had sought professional assistance. Thematic analysis highlighted means of recognition of mental health problems, barriers and facilitators to seeking psychological intervention and associated rationale. Findings suggest that the ability to recognise a psychological problem and beliefs regarding appropriateness of seeking assistance may impede men's help-seeking behaviour. A number of common themes identified throughout this research were consistent with previous research on men's mental health and help-seeking. These included men's negative attitude towards psychological help-seeking, low mental health literacy, lack of psychological language, stigma, denial of the problem, delay of help-seeking, and the importance of the role of others in men's mental health. Many major themes which emerged throughout this research can be viewed as aspects of and responses to the pervasive and constrictive nature of 'hegemonic masculinity' (Connell, 2002). Implications for working therapeutically with men are discussed.
Download or read book Men s Attitudes to Seeking Professional Help written by Trisha Jane Baldacchino and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Examining Men s Disclosures Influences and Motivations for Seeking Mental Health Treatment written by Matthew Hunter Stanfield and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Numerous studies note that women are more likely than men to seek out therapy. It is suggested that the differences in mental health utilization rates between genders are a function of gender socialization towards general help-seeking behaviors as well as about attitudes towards mental health. Central to understanding men's mental health help-seeking behavior are factors of stigma, social support, motivations for therapy, and basic psychological needs. This study examined the relationship of these factors on men's mental health-seeking behaviors by utilizing the frameworks of social influence theory and self-determination theory. A total of 317 adult males residing within the United States responded to items relating to disclosure, social influence, and motivations for therapy. Men also read and responded to a series of short stories and measures about disclosure, influence, and seeking therapy. A latent profile analysis was first conducted to determine the distinct number of profiles of men on the observed variables of stigma, social support, motivations for therapy, and basic psychological needs. From the latent profile analysis, a total of four distinct profiles emerged: Reluctant, Open, Restrictive, and Considering. Analyses were then conducted to determine the differences between these profiles on psychological openness, intentions to seek therapy, self-compassion, shame, and adherence to traditional masculine norms. The differences between these profiles were also examined using a multinomial logistic regression relating to men's disclosure to seek therapy and the influence of a partner, parent, close friend, religious or spiritual leader, and medical doctor to seek therapy. A final multinomial logistic regression was conducted to analyze the differences amongst these profiles on their reported importance to seek therapy for depression and anxiety, substance use, and suicidality. These findings demonstrate important implications for those working with men in therapy, for public education efforts surrounding men's mental health, and for those in relationships to men who are experiencing a mental health-related issue. Specifically, recognizing the heterogeneity of men's help-seeking behavior on stigma, social support, motivations for therapy, and basic psychological needs can allow therapists to better work with men in therapy in addition to increasing the knowledge of men's mental health issues to those in relationships with men.
Download or read book The Stigma of Mental Illness End of the Story written by Wolfgang Gaebel and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-08-10 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book makes a highly innovative contribution to overcoming the stigma and discrimination associated with mental illness – still the heaviest burden both for those afflicted and those caring for them. The scene is set by the presentation of different fundamental perspectives on the problem of stigma and discrimination by researchers, consumers, families, and human rights experts. Current knowledge and practice used in reducing stigma are then described, with information on the programmes adopted across the world and their utility, feasibility, and effectiveness. The core of the volume comprises descriptions of new approaches and innovative programmes specifically designed to overcome stigma and discrimination. In the closing part of the book, the editors – all respected experts in the field – summarize some of the most important evidence- and experience-based recommendations for future action to successfully rewrite the long and burdensome ‘story’ of mental illness stigma and discrimination.
Download or read book Men s Gender Role Conflict and Their Willingness to Seek Counseling written by Erin Louise Pederson and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the U.S., men are less likely than women to use counseling services. Men who experience more negative consequences of their socialized gender roles - i.e., are higher in gender role conflict - report less positive attitudes and willingness regarding seeking counseling. Using structural equation modeling with data from 575 undergraduate men, this study examined three mediators (self-stigma associated with seeking counseling, tendency to disclose distressing information, and attitudes toward seeking counseling) regarding the link between gender role conflict and willingness to seek counseling for psychological and interpersonal concerns. Results indicated that this link was partially mediated by these three factors. Men with more gender role conflict were more likely to self-stigmatize and less likely to self-disclose. High self-stigma and less disclosure then led to less positive attitudes and subsequently less willingness to seek counseling.
Download or read book The effects of gender role conflict stigma and social support on help seeking in male service members written by Lindsay Danforth and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gender Role Identity Gender Role Conflict Conformity to Role Norms and Men s Attitudes Toward Psychological Help seeking written by N. Margaret Schwartz Moravec and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Men typically seek less help than women in a variety of domains, including health concerns and psychological distress (see Courtenay, 2000, for a review). In order to understand this disparity, men's attitudes toward seeking psychological help have been examined in relation to men's gender role constructs. Men's conformity to traditional masculine gender role norms has been negatively associated with attitudes toward seeking psychological help (Good, Dell, & Mintz, 1989; Good et al., 2006). Men's gender role conflict, or the negative intrapersonal conflict that results when men rigidly adhere to traditional gender roles, has also been negatively associated with help-seeking attitudes (see O'Neil, 2005, for a review). However, the relation of men's gender role identity to gender role ideology and help-seeking attitudes has been largely ignored. The present study examined the relation of two dimensions of gender role identity: gender role exploration and gender role commitment (Marcia, 1966), to men's gender role conflict and psychological help-seeking attitudes. Participants were 191 male college students, ranging in age from 18 to 58 years (M=24; SD=6.26). The sample was ethnically diverse, with 43.5% Caucasian/White participants, 20.4% Latino/Hispanic participants, 22% Asian American/Asian/Pacific Islander participants, 8.9% Black/African American participants, and 5.2% who identified as multiracial or "other." Most participants had never engaged in psychological treatment, per self-report (78%). Measures included a demographic questionnaire, the Gender Role Conflict Scale (O'Neil, Helms, Gable, David, & Wrightsman, 1986), which assessed gender role conflict four domains (i.e., success, power and competition, restrictive emotionality, restrictive affectionate behavior between men, and conflict between work and family), the Gender Role Exploration and Commitment Scale (Schwartz et al., 2012), which assessed gender role identity, the Inventory of Attitudes toward Seeking Mental Health Services (Mackenzie, Knox, Gekoski, & Macaulay, 2004), which measured attitudes toward psychological help-seeking, and Conformity to Masculine Norms-46 (Parent & Moradi, 2009), which measured conformity to traditional role norms. The present study examined four research questions: (1) To what extent are gender role exploration and commitment scores related to levels of gender role conflict domains, when controlling for conformity to masculine role norms? (2) To what extent do gender role exploration and commitment moderate the relation between conformity to masculine role norms and gender role conflict domains? (3) What is the combined and unique contribution of gender role exploration, gender role commitment and four gender role conflict domains to attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help, when controlling for conformity to masculine role norms? (4) To what extent do gender role commitment and exploration moderate the relationship between the four gender role conflict domains and attitudes toward psychological help-seeking? Results suggest that, after controlling for men's conformity to masculine role norms, gender role commitment was predictive of men's gender role conflict in the areas of success, power, and competition and conflict between work and family, and was a protective factor for restrictive emotionality. Gender role exploration was not a significant predictor of gender role conflict, and neither gender role exploration nor commitment significantly moderated the relation of conformity to male role norms and gender role conflict. Results also indicated that conformity to masculine role norms was a better predictor of men's negative attitudes about therapy than gender role conflict, gender role exploration, or gender role commitment. When controlling for previous therapy experience and conformity to masculine role norms, neither gender role conflict, gender role exploration nor gender role commitment were significant predictors of men's help-seeking attitudes. Results also indicated that there was a weak interaction effect between gender role commitment and gender role conflict, when predicting men's attitudes toward help-seeking.
Download or read book Men and Seeking Mental Health Counseling written by Jhoselyn Jara and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Males have continuously shown lower rates of seeking mental health services as opposed to females. Traditional masculine ideology has always emphasized power, control, showing little to no emotion, assertiveness, self-reliance, autonomy, etc., which have put up barriers for men to seek mental health help if needed. In addition to this, studies have shown that internalized factors such as gender role conflict (GRC) and self-stigma of seeking mental health help are key contributors to men either not seeking help or having negative thoughts on seeking mental health help. The major aim of this study was to examine the role of GRC and self-stigma of seeking mental health help in the relationship between traditional masculinity and intention to seek mental health help. Two mediational analyses were utilized, in order to examine the indirect effects on the relationship between masculinity and intention to seeking mental health through GRC and self-stigma of seeking mental health help. Results indicated that there was no statistical significance with GRC and self-stigma of seeking mental health help as mediators to the relationship between masculinity and seeking mental health help. Interestingly, a moderation analysis was conducted and it was found that there was a statistical significance with GRC as a moderator between masculinity and intention to seeking mental health help. Those low in GRC were more likely to have a negative relationship between masculinity and intention to seek mental health help, and those high in GRC were more likely to have a positive relationship between masculinity and intention to seek help. Although the hypotheses weren't supported, future studies can use these findings to examine more closely the role that GRC may play as a moderator, in the relationship between masculinity and seeking mental health help.
Download or read book Men Masculinity and Male Gender Role Socialisation written by Luke Sullivan and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The work comprises of three sections, Section A: Literature review This section reviews men's underutilisation of professional health care services and brings together the extant literature on men's help seeking for psychological difficulties. This is discussed specifically in relation to theories of male gender role socialisation and male development. Section B: Empirical Paper. Introduction: Men's reluctance to access health care services has been under researched even though it has been identified as a potentially important predictor of poorer health outcomes among men. Male gender role socialisation and male development may be important in accounting for men's underutilisation of mental health service in the UK. Method: A cross-sectional online survey was used to administer standardised self-report measures that were subject to regression analysis. Five hundred and eighty-one men from the UK general population completed the survey and 434 participants formed the final regression model sample. Results: Men who score higher on measures of traditional masculine ideology, normative alexithymia and fear of intimacy reported more negative attitudes towards seeking professional psychological help. Normative alexithymia accounted for the variance in help seeking previously observed by fear of intimacy during regression modelling. Sexuality and ethnicity also significantly accounted for a proportion of unique variance in men's help seeking attitudes. People who had received previous support from a mental health professional showed more positive attitudes towards seeking psychological help. Conclusions: Men's attitudes towards seeking psychological help were closely related to traditional masculine ideology and normative alexithymia. A degree of content or construct overlap may exist between normative alexithymia and fear of intimacy in men. Limitations of this study and implications for future research are discussed. Section C: Critical Review. This section provides critical appraisal and reflection on the study and research process. Personal learning is discussed alongside clinical implications and ideas for further research.
Download or read book Men s Gender Role Conflict written by James M. O'Neil and published by Amer Psychological Assn. This book was released on 2015 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Men's gender role conflict is a psychological state in which restrictive definitions of masculinity limit men's well-being and human potential. Gender role conflict (GRC) doesn't just harm boys and men, but also girls and women, transgendered people, and society at large. Extensive research relates men's GRC to myriad behavioral problems, including sexism, violence, homophobia, depression, substance abuse, and relationship issues. This book represents a call to action for researchers and practitioners, graduate students, and other mental healthcare professionals to confront men's GRC and reduce its harmful influence on individuals and society. James O'Neil is a pioneer in men's psychology who conceptualized GRC and created the Gender Role Conflict Scale. In this book, he combines numerous studies from renowned scholars in men's psychology with more than 30 years of his own clinical and research experience to promote activism and challenge the status quo. He describes multiple effects of men's GRC, including success, power, and competition issues restricted emotionality restricted affectionate behavior between men conflicts between men's work and family relations. O'Neil also explains when GRC can develop in a man's gender role journey, how to address it through preventative programs and therapy for boys and men, and what initiatives researchers and clinicians can pursue.
Download or read book APA Handbook of Men and Masculinities written by Y. Joel Wong and published by American Psychological Association (APA). This book was released on 2016 with total page 799 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The psychology of men and masculinities is a broad, interdisciplinary field devoted to the study of how men's and boys' lives are shaped by biopsychosociocultural influences as well as the constellation of meanings associated with the male biological sex. The use of the term ""masculinities"" reflects the editors' belief that there are diverse meanings associated with being male that vary across time, situations, social groups, and cultures. In the past three decades, there has been an exponential growth in empirical psychological research on men and masculinities, although this emerging body of research has yet to be appropriately summarized, synthesized, and critically evaluated. This APA handbook addresses that lack with a strong focus on psychological science. It tackles the full spectrum of the theoretical, empirical, and practical, not only focusing on the extant literature in traditional areas of men and masculinities, but also highlighting new and emerging scholarship.> The handbook is divided into four sections. The first section addresses historical, conceptual, and methodological issues. Readers will be exposed to a wide range of theoretical perspectives on men and masculinities (e.g., biological, evolutionary, social norms, gender role conflict, social constructionist, and feminist) as well as methodological (quantitative and qualitative) approaches to studying men and masculinities. The second section examines specific populations of men with a strong focus on developmental, cultural, and sexual orientation diversity. The third section focuses on specific topics relevant to men's lives, such as careers, education, sexism, violence, and emotions. The fourth and final section addresses several application domains, including men's helping seeking patterns, physical health, mental health, and experience of psychotherapy. Each chapter investigates future directions, along with unresolved issues or emerging concerns.
Download or read book Impact of Gender Role Conflict Masculinity Ideology Alexithymia and Age on Men s Attitudes Toward Psychological Help seeking written by Jill Meredith Freeman and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Paradoxes of Gender written by Judith Lorber and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this pathbreaking book, a well-known feminist and sociologist--who is also the Founding Editor of Gender & Society--challenges our most basic assumptions about gender. Judith Lorber views gender as wholly a product of socialization subject to human agency, organization, and interpretation. In her new paradigm, gender is an institution comparable to the economy, the family, and religion in its significance and consequences. Drawing on many schools of feminist scholarship and on research from anthropology, history, sociology, social psychology, sociolinguistics, and cultural studies, Lorber explores different paradoxes of gender: --why we speak of only two "opposite sexes" when there is such a variety of sexual behaviors and relationships; --why transvestites, transsexuals, and hermaphrodites do not affect the conceptualization of two genders and two sexes in Western societies; --why most of our cultural images of women are the way men see them and not the way women see themselves; --why all women in modern society are expected to have children and be the primary caretaker; --why domestic work is almost always the sole responsibility of wives, even when they earn more than half the family income; --why there are so few women in positions of authority, when women can be found in substantial numbers in many occupations and professions; --why women have not benefited from major social revolutions. Lorber argues that the whole point of the gender system today is to maintain structured gender inequality--to produce a subordinate class (women) that can be exploited as workers, sexual partners, childbearers, and emotional nurturers. Calling into question the inevitability and necessity of gender, she envisions a society structured for equality, where no gender, racial ethnic, or social class group is allowed to monopolize economic, educational, and cultural resources or the positions of power.
