Hunter College of the City University of New York, USA.
The Graduate Center of the City University of New York, USA.
J Health Psychol. 2022 Mar;27(4):946-960. doi: 10.1177/1359105320977641. Epub 2020 Nov 24.
This study examined perceived barriers to help-seeking as mechanisms by which masculinity may generate risk for psychiatric distress in men. An online sample of 558 men completed self-report measures of masculine discrepancy stress (i.e. distress about one's perceived gender nonconformity), barriers to help-seeking, and psychiatric distress. A significant indirect effect of masculine discrepancy stress on psychiatric distress emerged through perceived barriers to help-seeking; notably, this effect was stronger among Men of Color (vs White men). The promotion of optimal psychiatric functioning in men may necessitate interventions that target the effects of masculine socialization race-related stress on help-seeking attitudes.
本研究考察了寻求帮助的障碍感知，认为这是男性的男子气概可能产生精神困扰风险的机制。在一项在线研究中，558 名男性完成了男子气概差异压力（即对自己性别不符的困扰）、寻求帮助的障碍和精神困扰的自我报告测量。男子气概差异压力对精神困扰的显著间接影响是通过寻求帮助的障碍感知产生的；值得注意的是，这种影响在有色人种男性（与白人男性相比）中更强。促进男性的最佳精神功能可能需要干预措施，这些措施的目标是男子气概社会化和与种族有关的压力对寻求帮助态度的影响。
