Ezeugwu Chika Remigious, Ojedokun Oluyinka
Department of Psychology & Education, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Department of Pure & Applied Psychology, Faculty of Social & Management Sciences, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State, Nigeria.
Heliyon. 2020 Dec 10;6(12):e05650. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e05650. eCollection 2020 Dec.
In Africa, internalisation of masculine norms among men has been reported to make them more susceptible to mental health problems. In this chapter, social construction and role theories are used to explore the relationships between masculine norms and mental health among men in Africa. The authors argued that due to traditional and institutionalised beliefs, men engage in restrictive emotionality through defence mechanisms by denying their mental health challenges and status. Hence, an inclusive model of remedy was suggested that targets men's traditional beliefs as a way of aiding help-seeking behaviour among them to make them less susceptible to mental health problems.
在非洲，据报道男性对男性规范的内化使他们更容易出现心理健康问题。在本章中，社会建构理论和角色理论被用于探讨非洲男性中男性规范与心理健康之间的关系。作者认为，由于传统和制度化的观念，男性通过防御机制来限制情感表达，否认自己的心理健康挑战和状况。因此，有人提出了一个包容性的补救模式，该模式以男性的传统观念为目标，以此帮助他们寻求帮助，使他们不易出现心理健康问题。
