Australian men's help-seeking intentions for anxiety symptoms: The impact of masculine norm conformity and gender role conflict
Research highlights a discrepancy between the number of men experiencing mental illness and those seeking professional help, particularly for anxiety. Conformity to masculine norms (CMN) and gender role conflict (GRC) have been recognised as barriers to men's mental health help-seeking, but few...
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2024-04-01
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| author | Patrice A. Ford Carol A. Keane |
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| description | Research highlights a discrepancy between the number of men experiencing mental illness and those seeking professional help, particularly for anxiety. Conformity to masculine norms (CMN) and gender role conflict (GRC) have been recognised as barriers to men's mental health help-seeking, but few studies have examined these relationships for anxiety. This study aimed to examine the relationship between anxiety severity and help-seeking intentions in Australian men, and the additional impact of CMN and GRC. A total of 610 Australians aged 18–89 years (M = 46.02, SD = 17.14) participated in an online survey, which included demographic information and four standardised questionnaires measuring anxiety, help-seeking intentions, CMN, and GRC. CMN but not GRC was found to fully mediate the relationship between anxiety severity and anxiety-related help-seeking intentions. The results have theoretical implications for the study of masculinity and clinical implications for therapeutic approaches for men with anxiety symptoms. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cc73f9be46f54db19231662b7a32a2342024-04-11T04:41:36ZengElsevierHeliyon2405-84402024-04-01107e29114Australian men's help-seeking intentions for anxiety symptoms: The impact of masculine norm conformity and gender role conflictPatrice A. Ford0Carol A. Keane1Faculty of Health, School of Allied Health Sciences, Discipline of Psychology, Charles Darwin University, Ellengowan Drive, Casuarina, NT, 0810, AustraliaCorresponding author.Faculty of Health, Discipline of Psychology. Charles Darwin University, Ellengowan Drive, Casuarina NT, 0810, Australia.; Faculty of Health, School of Allied Health Sciences, Discipline of Psychology, Charles Darwin University, Ellengowan Drive, Casuarina, NT, 0810, AustraliaResearch highlights a discrepancy between the number of men experiencing mental illness and those seeking professional help, particularly for anxiety. Conformity to masculine norms (CMN) and gender role conflict (GRC) have been recognised as barriers to men's mental health help-seeking, but few studies have examined these relationships for anxiety. This study aimed to examine the relationship between anxiety severity and help-seeking intentions in Australian men, and the additional impact of CMN and GRC. A total of 610 Australians aged 18–89 years (M = 46.02, SD = 17.14) participated in an online survey, which included demographic information and four standardised questionnaires measuring anxiety, help-seeking intentions, CMN, and GRC. CMN but not GRC was found to fully mediate the relationship between anxiety severity and anxiety-related help-seeking intentions. The results have theoretical implications for the study of masculinity and clinical implications for therapeutic approaches for men with anxiety symptoms.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844024051454AustraliaHelp-seekingMasculinityAnxietyMenMental health |
| spellingShingle | Patrice A. Ford Carol A. Keane Australian men's help-seeking intentions for anxiety symptoms: The impact of masculine norm conformity and gender role conflict Heliyon Australia Help-seeking Masculinity Anxiety Men Mental health |
| title | Australian men's help-seeking intentions for anxiety symptoms: The impact of masculine norm conformity and gender role conflict |
| title_full | Australian men's help-seeking intentions for anxiety symptoms: The impact of masculine norm conformity and gender role conflict |
| title_fullStr | Australian men's help-seeking intentions for anxiety symptoms: The impact of masculine norm conformity and gender role conflict |
| title_full_unstemmed | Australian men's help-seeking intentions for anxiety symptoms: The impact of masculine norm conformity and gender role conflict |
| title_short | Australian men's help-seeking intentions for anxiety symptoms: The impact of masculine norm conformity and gender role conflict |
| title_sort | australian men s help seeking intentions for anxiety symptoms the impact of masculine norm conformity and gender role conflict |
| topic | Australia Help-seeking Masculinity Anxiety Men Mental health |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844024051454 |
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