Department of Psychology, University of South Alabama.
Department of Counseling and Instructional Sciences, College of Education and Professional Studies, University of South Alabama.
J Couns Psychol. 2019 Nov;66(6):755-762. doi: 10.1037/cou0000350. Epub 2019 Apr 15.
Many college men express stigma of seeking psychological help, possibly due to masculine gender role socialization proscribing help seeking. However, not every man who buys into restrictive masculine roles expresses self-stigma of seeking help, suggesting the presence of potential moderating variables. The present study examined self-compassion and self-coldness as potential moderating variables on the associations between men's masculine gender role stress and self-stigma of seeking help. College men (N = 777) were recruited via e-mail to participate in a brief online survey. Structural equation modeling revealed that masculine gender role stress was positively associated with self-stigma and self-coldness but was negatively associated with self-compassion. Both self-compassion and self-coldness were significant moderators. Men with low levels of self-compassion evidenced the strongest positive associations between masculine gender role stress and self-stigma, whereas men with low (but not high) self-coldness evidenced positive associations with self-stigma. These findings highlight differences between self-compassion and self-coldness and suggest that high levels of self-compassion may be a protective factor in reducing the associations between rigid masculinities and men's stigma of seeking help. By contrast, men with extremely negative and critical self-views may be likely to report stigma of seeking help regardless of their endorsement of rigid masculinities. Intervention and prevention implications include helping men enhance their self-compassion. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).
许多大学生表达了寻求心理帮助的耻辱感，这可能是由于男性性别角色社会化禁止寻求帮助。然而，并不是每个接受限制男性角色的人都会对寻求帮助表示自我耻辱感，这表明存在潜在的调节变量。本研究考察了自我同情和自我冷漠作为男性性别角色压力与寻求帮助的自我耻辱感之间关系的潜在调节变量。通过电子邮件招募了大学生（N=777）参与一项简短的在线调查。结构方程模型显示，男性性别角色压力与自我耻辱感和自我冷漠呈正相关，但与自我同情呈负相关。自我同情和自我冷漠都是重要的调节变量。自我同情程度低的男性表现出男性性别角色压力与自我耻辱感之间最强的正相关，而自我冷漠程度低（但不是高）的男性则表现出与自我耻辱感的正相关。这些发现突出了自我同情和自我冷漠之间的差异，并表明高水平的自我同情可能是减少僵化男性气质与男性寻求帮助耻辱感之间关联的保护因素。相比之下，无论他们是否认同僵化的男性气质，自我观念非常消极和批判的男性可能更有可能报告寻求帮助的耻辱感。干预和预防的影响包括帮助男性增强自我同情。（心理学信息数据库记录（c）2019 APA，保留所有权利）。
