Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX, USA.
University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, USA.
J Interpers Violence. 2023 Mar;38(5-6):5305-5328. doi: 10.1177/08862605221120890. Epub 2022 Sep 6.
Masculine honor ideology (MHI) refers to a set of beliefs that dictate men must respond aggressively to threat or insult to maintain their ideal masculine reputation. The current study demonstrates the robust relationship between MHI and lifetime aggression outcomes in a national sample of men from the United States. It also details the regional prevalence of MHI and compares these rates across races and regions of the country. Participants included 896 adult United States men ( = 35.86, = 1.22) recruited on Amazon's Mechanical Turk. It was expected that the odds of endorsing past aggressive behavior and lifetime maladjustment would be increased by stronger adherence to MHI. This hypothesis was supported, and individuals who reported greater MHI adherence also had higher rates of lifetime aggression and maladjustment. Contrary to expectations, White, non-Hispanic men endorsed lower rates of MHI than did other men. Black men adhered more strongly to MHI than White and Hispanic men. It was also expected that men in the Southern and Western United States would endorse greater MHI in comparison to men in the Northeast United States. The hypothesis was only partially supported for White, non-Hispanic men, and it was associated with participant birthplace and their father's birthplace. There were no regional differences in MHI adherence related to the participants' mother's birthplace or where participants lived at survey completion. These findings suggest that MHI may spread more uniformly than prior research suggests and that MHI may have more nuanced cultural considerations that deserve continued empirical investigation.
男子气概荣誉观念（MHI）是指一套信念，认为男性必须积极回应威胁或侮辱，以维护他们理想的男子气概声誉。本研究在美国全国男性样本中证明了 MHI 与终身攻击行为结果之间的强烈关系。它还详细说明了 MHI 的地区流行情况，并比较了全国不同种族和地区的这些比率。参与者包括 896 名美国成年男性（ = 35.86， = 1.22），他们是在亚马逊的 Mechanical Turk 上招募的。预计，对过去攻击行为和终身适应不良的认可几率会因对 MHI 的更强坚持而增加。这一假设得到了支持，报告 MHI 坚持度较高的个体也有更高的终身攻击和适应不良率。与预期相反，白人非西班牙裔男性对 MHI 的认可率低于其他男性。黑人男性比白人和西班牙裔男性更强烈地坚持 MHI。人们还预计，与美国东北部的男性相比，美国南部和西部的男性会更认可 MHI。这一假设仅对白人非西班牙裔男性部分成立，与参与者的出生地和他们父亲的出生地有关。参与者母亲的出生地或参与者在调查完成时居住的地方与 MHI 坚持度无关，不存在与地区相关的差异。这些发现表明，MHI 的传播可能比先前的研究表明的更均匀，并且 MHI 可能具有更细致的文化考虑因素，值得继续进行实证研究。
