Department of Counselor Education, College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ 08628-0718, USA.
Psychotherapy (Chic). 2010 Sep;47(3):276-87. doi: 10.1037/a0021159.
The bulk of the extant literature on the psychology of boys, men and masculinity has been focused on the important challenges of: a) creating an awareness about the detrimental effects of constricted forms of masculinity on boys and men and their relationships with others; and b) developing remedial approaches to psychotherapy that are designed to help boys and men recover from dysfunctional masculinity. The purpose of this article is to expand this literature by introducing the positive psychology/positive masculinity (PPPM) framework, which emphasizes male strengths as the starting point for psychotherapy with boys and men. The central principles of the PPPM framework are described, and the application of the PPPM model with an adult man in psychotherapy is presented. The implications of the PPPM model for future practice and research pertaining to boys, men, and masculinity are discussed.
关于男孩、男性和男子气概心理学的现存文献主要集中在以下重要挑战上：a）提高对限制形式的男子气概对男孩和男性及其与他人关系的有害影响的认识；b）制定补救性心理治疗方法，帮助男孩和男性摆脱功能失调的男子气概。本文的目的是通过引入积极心理学/积极男子气概（PPPM）框架来扩展这一文献，该框架强调男性的优势是男孩和男性心理治疗的起点。描述了 PPPM 框架的核心原则，并展示了 PPPM 模型在心理治疗中对成年男性的应用。讨论了 PPPM 模型对未来与男孩、男性和男子气概相关的实践和研究的意义。
