Department of Psychology, Rhode Island College, Providence, RI, USA.
Department of Psychology, Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, MA, USA.
Cult Health Sex. 2020 Oct;22(10):1128-1144. doi: 10.1080/13691058.2019.1658806. Epub 2019 Oct 3.
Health decision-making is often explained by affective and cognitive processes, but this processing is rarely explored in relation to gender norms. We investigated how conformity to specific masculine norms is linked to the affective and cognitive processes that lead to US men's decisions regarding a new male contraceptive. US male college students ( = 151) completed an online survey. They read a description of a long-acting reversible contraceptive, then completed questionnaires measuring their affective and cognitive responses, their information-seeking and willingness-to-try the contraceptive, and their conformity to masculine norms. Participants reported less willingness-to-try the contraceptive when they endorsed masculine norms regarding men's Power Over Women and concern with Heterosexual Self-Presentation, and these effects were consistently mediated by beliefs about its negative impact on sex. Positive emotions predicted willingness-to-try and information-seeking but were unrelated to masculine norms. This broadens our understanding of how conformity to specific gender norms impacts health decision-making processes.
健康决策通常可以通过情感和认知过程来解释，但很少有人探讨这种过程与性别规范之间的关系。我们调查了男性对特定男性规范的遵从程度如何与导致美国男性决定使用新的男性避孕药的情感和认知过程相关联。美国男性大学生（n=151）完成了一项在线调查。他们阅读了一种长效可逆避孕药的描述，然后完成了测量他们的情感和认知反应、信息寻求和尝试避孕的意愿以及他们对男性规范的遵从程度的问卷。当参与者认同男性在控制女性权力和关注异性恋自我表现方面的规范时，他们表示不太愿意尝试这种避孕药，而这种影响则始终通过对其对性行为负面影响的信念来中介。积极的情绪预测了尝试和信息寻求的意愿，但与男性规范无关。这拓宽了我们对特定性别规范的遵从如何影响健康决策过程的理解。
