Predicting health behaviors in young men that put them at risk for heart disease.

Mahalik, James R.; Burns, Shaun Michael

doi:10.1037/a0021416

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“…Because much of the past research on masculinity and men’s cancer screening behaviors has been qualitative, the broad term of “masculinity” has been used in past literature without an evaluation of specific aspects of masculinity which may influence men’s cancer screening behavior (Bass et al, 2011; Beeker et al, 2000; Burgess et al, 2011; Fernandez et al, 2008; Getrich et al, 2012; Greiner et al, 2005; Jones, Devers et al, 2010; Wackerbarth et al, 2005; Winterich et al, 2011; Winterich et al, 2009). Similarly, in quantitative studies evaluating the relationship between masculinity norms and other types of preventive health behaviors among men (e.g., annual physician check-up, exercise, healthy diet, flu shot), global masculinity scores have been utilized (Mahalik & Burns, 2011; Mahalik et al, 2007; Marcell et al, 2007; Springer & Mouzon, 2011). However, it stands to reason that certain aspects of masculinity (e.g., self-reliance) may be related to men’s preventive health behaviors, whereas others (e.g., winning, power over women) may not be related to these behaviors.…”

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confidence: 99%

Integrating Men’s Health and Masculinity Theories to Explain Colorectal Cancer Screening Behavior

2013

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Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cause of cancer deaths among men in the United States. Although CRC screening has been found to reduce CRC incidence and mortality, current screening rates among men are suboptimal due to various practical and psychosocial barriers. One potential barrier to CRC screening identified in qualitative studies with men is the threat to masculinity that endoscopic screening methods pose. Indeed, beliefs about masculinity have been predictive of other preventive health behaviors among men. In this review paper, we propose a novel conceptual framework to explain men’s CRC screening behavior that integrates masculinity norms, gender role conflict, men’s health care experiences, behaviors, and beliefs, and social and background variables. This framework has the potential to guide future research on men’s CRC screening behaviors and other health behaviors and may inform gender-sensitive interventions which target masculinity beliefs to increase preventive health behaviors.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Integrating Men’s Health and Masculinity Theories to Explain Colorectal Cancer Screening Behavior

2013

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“…For example, social norms predict condom use (Peterson & Bakeman, 2006), adolescent smoking (Weiss & Garbanati, 2006) and driving (Linkenbach & Perkins, 2006), heart-related health behaviors (Mahalik & Bums, 2011), and general health-affirming behavior in men (Mahalik, Bums, & Syzdek, 2007). For example, social norms predict condom use (Peterson & Bakeman, 2006), adolescent smoking (Weiss & Garbanati, 2006) and driving (Linkenbach & Perkins, 2006), heart-related health behaviors (Mahalik & Bums, 2011), and general health-affirming behavior in men (Mahalik, Bums, & Syzdek, 2007).…”

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confidence: 99%

Real men don’t eat (vegetable) quiche: Masculinity and the justification of meat consumption.

Rothgerber

2013

Psychology of Men & Masculinity

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As arguments become more pronounced that meat consumption harms the environment, public health, and animals, meat eaters should experience increased pressure to justify their behavior. Results of a first study showed that male undergraduates used direct strategies to justify eating meat, including endorsing pro-meat attitudes, denying animal suffering, believing that animals are lower in a hierarchy than humans and that it is human fate to eat animals, and providing religious and health justifications for eating animals. Female undergraduates used the more indirect strategies of dissociating animals from food and avoiding thinking about the treatment of animals. A second study found that the use of these male strategies was related to masculinity. In the two studies, male justification strategies were correlated with greater meat consumption, whereas endorsement of female justification strategies was correlated with less meat and more vegetarian consumption. These findings are among the fn-st to empirically verify Adams's (1990) theory on the sexual politics of meat linking feminism and vegetarianism. They suggest that to simply make an informational appeal about the benefits of a vegetarian diet may ignore a primary reason why men eat meat: It makes them feel like real men.

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“…Not surprisingly, what people think and how they feel about particular topics have direct relevance to the behaviors in which they engage. The linkage between beliefs and attitudes and behaviors has been well documented and appears to be fairly strong, with the former predicting the latter quite well for diverse health-related phenomena such as alcohol use (Ham, 2009; Hasking, Lyvers, & Carlopio, 2011); eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia (Hill & Touyz, 2007; Siconolfi, Halkitis, Allomong, & Burton, 2009); physical exercise (Mahalik & Burns, 2011; O’Connor, Rousseau, & Maki, 2004); using condoms to prevent pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, and/or HIV (Boone & Lefkowitz, 2004; Williams & Sallar, 2010); and smoking cessation (Chassin, Presson, Sherman, Seo, & Macy, 2010; Weinberger, McKee, & George, 2010). …”

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Perceptions of HIV Risk Among Internet-Using, HIV-Negative Barebacking Men

Klein¹,

Tilley

2012

Am J Mens Health

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The current study examines the risk perceptions of HIV-negative men who have sex with men (MSM) who use the Internet to seek unprotected sex. The research questions include the following: How great do these men perceive their HIV risk to be? Are their perceptions based on HIV knowledge or related to their risk behaviors? What factors are associated with greater/lesser perceived risk? Results revealed that more than half of the men believed that they had no or only a slight chance of contracting HIV. Risk perceptions were not related to HIV knowledge or to involvement in HIV risk practices. Four factors were identified as being associated with greater perception of HIV risk: self-identity as a sexual “bottom,” having sex while high, greater use of bareback-focused websites, and younger age. Internet-using HIV-negative men who have sex with men tend to underestimate their risk for acquiring HIV, and interventions need to help them accurately assess their risk.

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Predicting health behaviors in young men that put them at risk for heart disease.

Cited by 39 publications

References 41 publications

Integrating Men’s Health and Masculinity Theories to Explain Colorectal Cancer Screening Behavior

Integrating Men’s Health and Masculinity Theories to Explain Colorectal Cancer Screening Behavior

Real men don’t eat (vegetable) quiche: Masculinity and the justification of meat consumption.

Perceptions of HIV Risk Among Internet-Using, HIV-Negative Barebacking Men

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