Recently added articles from International Journal of Men's Health:
The relationships between masculinity variables, health risk behaviors and attitudes toward seeking psychological help.(Report)
Mar 22, 2009; ... The purpose of this study was to directly compare traditional masculinity ideology, conformity to masculine norms, and gender role conflict to determine to what degree these masculinity variables are associated with self-reported risky health behaviors and negative attitudes toward seeking ...
A marked man: female-perpetrated intimate partner abuse.(Report)
Mar 22, 2009; ... Concepts of intimate partner abuse and violence are shifting, complex, situational and multifaceted. Whilst women's narratives of abuse have provided much needed insights into the subjective experience of intimate partner abuse, men's accounts of female perpetrated abuse have been slower ...
Toward a gender-inclusive conception of intimate partner violence research and theory: Part 2--new directions.(Report)
Mar 22, 2009; ... In an article previously published in this journal (Hamel, 2007) the author contradicted the patriarchal paradigm which has guided domestic violence research, intervention and policy for the past three decades. The current article critically examines the two major alternative models, ...
Mentally Pinioned: men's perceptions of being abused in health care.(Report)
Mar 22, 2009; ... The aim of this article is to deepen the understanding of male patients' experiences of abuse in health care (AHC). Thirteen patients who had experienced AHC were interviewed using a Grounded Theory methodology. Three categories, "Crises of Confidence," "Ignored" and "Frustration," ...
Eating disorders in men: a community-based study.(Report)
Mar 22, 2009; ... This study examines the prevalence of disordered eating attitudes and behaviors and their associations with socio-demographic characteristics, body weight and physical activity in a nationally representative sample of Canadian men. The study considers gender differences in dieting ...
Perspectives on muscle dysmorphia.(Report)
Mar 22, 2009; ... Muscle dysmorphia as a proposed psychiatric disorder has garnered attention in the general media and within the academic and scientific communities. Yet, while several models and theories have been proposed to explain its etiology, attributing muscle dysmorphia to one causative factor ...
Errata.(Correction notice)
Mar 22, 2009 ... In O'Kane et al.'s contribution to IJMH's previous issue, (1) a systematic typesetting error produced a displacement of data in 4 tables. Correct tables are reproduced in toto below. (1) O'Kane, G.M., Craig, P., Black, D., & Thorpe, Ch. (2008). The Riverina Men's Study: Rural ...
Recruitment and engagement in men's psychotherapy groups: an integrity model, value-based perspective.(Report)
Sep 22, 2008; ... Cochran's (2005) review of literature on working with men notes that "men's underutilization of psychological services and psychotherapy is well documented" (p. 649). Andronico (I 996) asks how men can be engaged in group psychotherapy within the constraints of time and financial ...
The Riverina men's study: rural Australian men's barriers to healthy lifestyle habits.(Report)
Sep 22, 2008; ... This study aims to identify the barriers experienced by a sample of rural Australian men, including farmers, to adhering to a healthy diet and regular physical activity, and solutions to overcoming these barriers. The major barriers to eating a healthy diet were lack of willpower (39%), ...
HIV/AIDS risk reduction and domestic violence prevention intervention for South African men.(human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome)(Report)
Sep 22, 2008; ... South Africa has among the worst HIV/AIDS epidemics in the world, and HIV/AIDS is closely associated with adversarial attitudes toward women and with domestic violence. This article reports the development of a social-cognitive and social-constructionist, gender-based intervention for ...
An examination of the influences on health-protective behaviours among Australian men.(Report)
Sep 22, 2008; ... Men are more likely to experience poorer health than women, yet stereotypically they demonstrate a reluctance to engage in appropriate health-protective behaviours, defined in the current study as health monitoring and risk-factor modification. Using 214 participants, aged 25-65, from the ...
The influence of men's self-objectification on the drive for muscularity: self-esteem, body satisfaction and muscle dysmorphia.(Report)
Sep 22, 2008; ... The current study examines the influence of self-objectification on men's drive for muscularity, body satisfaction and self-esteem, and symptoms of muscle dysmorphia. Participants were 74 men recruited to complete an on-line self-report questionnaire to measure these experiences. The ...
Prostate cancer and the social construction of masculine sexual identity.(Brief Report)(Report)
Sep 22, 2008; ... Perhaps no other disease illustrates the social construction of masculine identity more vividly than prostate cancer, an illness whose common symptoms and treatment effects (for example, erectile dysfunction and incontinence) leave men with a diminished sense of agency over their bodies ....
The cost to circumcise Africa.(Brief Report)(Report)
Sep 22, 2008; ... Male circumcision employed as a prophylactic surgical intervention for HIV transmission reduction has been publicized in the media following recent results from observational trials conducted in Africa. Yet in all of the discussions concerning circumcision as a public health initiative, ...