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Masculinity impediments: Internalized masculinity contributes to healthcare avoidance in men and women

Healthy Communities Research Institute, Department of Psychological Sciences
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Abstract
Gender beliefs contribute to men's healthcare avoidance, but little research examines these outcomes in women. This article models healthcare avoidance related to masculine contingencies of self-worth in men and women. Nested path modelling tested relationships between social role beliefs, masculine contingencies of self-worth, barriers to help seeking and avoidance of health care in university and non-university-student adult samples. Results indicated social role beliefs predicted masculine contingencies of self-worth in men but not in women. Regardless of gender, masculine contingencies of self-worth predicted barriers to help seeking, which predicted healthcare avoidance in both men and women. Thus, masculine contingencies of self-worth have downstream consequences for men and women through barriers to help seeking.
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Article
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10.1177/1359105314551623
Publication Date
2016-07
Publication Title
Journal of Health Psychology
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Volume
21
Issue
7
First Page
1283
Last Page
1292
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Healthy Communities Research Institute
Department of Psychological Sciences
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Himmelstein, M., & Sanchez, D. (2016). Masculinity impediments: Internalized masculinity contributes to healthcare avoidance in men and women. Journal of Health Psychology. https://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1359105314551623
Himmelstein, M., and D. Sanchez. 2016. Masculinity Impediments: Internalized Masculinity Contributes to Healthcare Avoidance in Men and Women. Journal of Health Psychology. https://oaks.kent.edu/node/18579.
Himmelstein, Mary, and Diana Sanchez. Masculinity Impediments: Internalized Masculinity Contributes to Healthcare Avoidance in Men and Women. Journal of Health Psychology, Jul. 2016, https://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1359105314551623.