Psychology of Men & Masculinities

Papers
(The median citation count of Psychology of Men & Masculinities is 0. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)
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Supplemental Material for “I Don’t Know What the Hell You’d Call It”: A Qualitative Thematic Synthesis of Men’s Experiences With Sexual Violence in Adulthood as Contextualized by Hegemonic Masculinity28
With great power comes great responsibility: A content analysis of masculinity themes in superhero movies.23
Masculinity contingency and intimate partner violence perpetration among men who have sex with men.20
An examination of cigarette smoking, traditional machismo, and caballerismo among sexual minority Latino men.17
Acknowledgment of Ad Hoc Reviewers, 202517
Constructing narratives of masculinity: Online followers of Jordan B. Peterson.17
Supplemental Material for A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Associations Between Father and Child Anxiety and Depression16
Unveiling the associations between internalized heteronormativity with heterosexual self-presentation and heterosexual marital intention: The role of masculinity contingency.15
Love isn’t colorblind: Internalized racism, resistance and empowerment against racism, and Asian American men’s racialized dating preferences.15
Where boys learn to be men: Associations between media use and male adolescents’ gender beliefs and well-being.14
The relationship between masculinity and men’s COVID-19 safety precautions: A systematic review and meta-analysis.14
Effects of diagnosing major depressive disorders in men on externalizing depression symptoms and conformity to traditional masculinity ideologies.14
Creating a system that cares: A PRISMA review and road map to increase men’s representation in early childhood education and care.13
The role of depression in the relationship between psychological intimate partner violence and mothers’ and fathers’ spanking: An actor–partner interdependence mediation model.13
Supplemental Material for When and Why Do Men Negotiate Assertively? It Depends on Specific Threats to Their Masculinity and the Negotiation Topic13
Toward an integrative psychology of masculinities.13
Supplemental Material for Intersectional Analysis of Men’s Masculinities and Mental Health-Seeking Behavior: A Novel Application of Multiple Correspondence Analysis12
Print media and the American Psychological Association’s guidelines for psychological practice with boys and men: A directed content analysis.11
Father’s engagement in direct care is associated with children’s social competence for preschool boys but not girls in Peru.11
Men’s experiences of infertility: A metaethnographic systematic review.11
Supplemental Material for A Tutorial on Dyadic Growth Curve Mediation Modeling: An Applied Example Testing Pathways of Fathers’ Depression Vulnerability to Destructive Marital Conflict11
Supplemental Material for The Effect of State, Trait, and Situational Factors on Young Men’s Coercive Condom Use Resistance10
Supplemental Material for “I Didn’t Know Who to Talk to”: Black College Men’s Sources and Descriptions of Social Support10
Supplemental Material for Measurement Invariance and Psychometric Properties of a German-Language Conformity to Masculine Norms Inventory Among Cisgender Sexual Minority and Heterosexually Identified 10
Supplemental Material for College Men’s Action for Gender Equality: A Test of Critical Consciousness9
Supplemental Material for Perspectives of Black and Latinx Youth on Masculinity and Health During Community Reentry After Incarceration9
Ugandan men’s experiences and perceptions of their fathering roles.9
Supplemental Material for Men’s Perspectives on the Relationship Between Masculinities and Suicidality: A Thematic Synthesis8
Supplemental Material for “Fight Against the Cultural Emasculation of Men”: The Effect of Masculine Gender Nostalgia on Men’s Attitudes Toward Women8
Barriers to and facilitators of help-seeking behavior among Israeli men who experience intimate partner violence: A qualitative study.8
Pilot evaluation of the men in mind training program for mental health practitioners.8
Conformity to masculine norms, the Dark Tetrad, and men’s rape myth acceptance.7
Supplemental Material for Beyond Violent Extremism: A 3N Perspective of Inceldom7
To reconstruct or deconstruct? A fundamental question for the psychology of men and masculinities.7
Critical-constructivist grounded theory research: A methodology for the critical study of gender, masculinities, and other identities.7
The relationship between hegemonic masculinity and the nonconsensual dissemination of intimate images: A systematic review.7
“I could just exist … not in a box”: Experiential examinations of masculinity within a contemporary men’s group.7
Supplemental Material for Revising the Male Rape Myths Scale6
Supplemental Material for Threats to Masculinity Provoke Gun Use: An Experimental Study Using a Firearm Training Simulator6
Third-party perceptions of intimate partner violence victimization in men.6
Parent attitudes, comfort, and perceptions about dating violence: The moderating effect on son report of parent openness to communicate.6
Posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and incarceration: The impact on sexual risk-taking, sexually transmitted infections, and depression among Black sexual minority men in HIV Prevention Trials Net6
“It’s what boys do”: Valence, source, and content of Black men’s masturbation messages.5
Beyond traditional masculinities: Women’s perceptions of new masculinities.5
“Act like a real man!” a novel examination of how socializing others to masculine honor-based norms bolsters men’s reputations.5
Dimensions of father development and parenting: A person-centered approach of men attending a responsible fatherhood program.5
Supplemental Material for The Gender Socialization Experiences of Highly Sensitive Men4
“It’s like feeling everyone will be looking at you, but in reality, no one cares.” A qualitative visual methods study exploring adolescent males’ relatedness in physical activity.4
Supplemental Material for Precarious Manhood and Men’s Physical Health Around the World4
Religion, psychiatric symptoms, and gender role conflict among incarcerated Black men.4
Masculinities under the microscope: A systematic review of experimental methods.4
Beyond violent extremism: A 3N perspective of inceldom.4
Gender-atypical male military leaders enhance followers’ training performance.4
Item-level psychometric properties of the conformity to masculine norms inventory (CMNI-46): An item response theory analysis.4
Hegemonic masculinity, intersectional stigma, and intimate partner violence among young sexual minority men: A qualitative study.4
“Stammering less so that I can be more of a man”: Discourses of masculinities among young adult men in the Western Cape, South Africa, who stutter”: Correction to Isaacs and Swartz (2020).4
Masculinity contingency and consumer attitudes toward electric vehicles.3
Supplemental Material for Is Traditional Masculinity Ideology Stable Over Time in Men and Women?3
Fraternities as settings for sexual assault: The relationships of traditional masculine norms climates and sexual assault attitudes.3
Substance use risk among Asian American men: The role of gendered racism, internalization of western muscularity ideals, interpersonal and body shame, and drive for muscularity.3
The precarious masculinity of firearm ownership.3
Supplemental Material for Traditional Masculinities and Men’s Sexism: A Meta-Analysis3
Masculine ideologies, male rape myth acceptance, and the self-stigma of seeking help for sexual assault: The protective effects of knowing another male survivor.3
Intimate partner violence against Chinese men: A qualitative study.3
“I made a good man list”: Transmasculine negotiations with hegemonic masculinity.3
Barriers to help-seeking for eating disorders in men: A mixed-methods systematic review.3
Supplemental Material for Arab Australian Men’s Perspectives on Mental Health: Exploring Beliefs About Causes, Help-Seeking Attitudes, and Experiences3
Authoritarian attitudes toward political authorities link traditional masculinity ideology to military endorsement in Russian men.3
Masculinity and anti-effeminacy in the gay community: Findings from a German study.2
Supplemental Material for Good for Men, but Not for Me: A Qualitative Study of Factors Preventing Men From Seeking Psychological Treatment for Their Binge-Spectrum Eating Disorders2
Supplemental Material for Men’s Health and Ageing Well in New Zealand: A Focus Group Study2
The effect of state, trait, and situational factors on young men’s coercive condom use resistance.2
Supplemental Material for Changes in the Prevalence of Muscular, but Not Thin, Bodies Bias Young Men’s Judgments About Body Size2
Correction to Siegel et al. (2021).2
Correction to Li (2021).2
Moderators of loneliness and mental health in men: A systematic review with meta-analysis.2
“I've got more of a role to play”: Australian fathers’ perspectives on parenting through the lens of COVID-19 lockdown.2
Internal structure and invariance analyses across gender of the German-language version of the Male Role Norm Inventory-Short Form.2
Evaluation of brief online interventions to increase sense of purpose for fathers living in the United States.2
Experiences of pregnancy loss in Israeli first-time expecting fathers: A qualitative study.2
The role of ethnic identity in preserving the future expectations of justice-involved Black male youth in the United States following direct victimization.2
Beyond tears: The predictive role of adverse childhood experiences and complex trauma in male depression within the Chinese cultural context.2
Resisting the cycle of violence: Impact of childhood abuse and neglect on individual and relationship functioning in early career enlisted air force male service members.2
Stuck in the middle: Men experience countervailing reactions to discussions about misogyny and violence against women.2
Supplemental Material for “It’s Like Feeling Everyone Will Be Looking at You, but in Reality, No One Cares.” A Qualitative Visual Methods Study Exploring Adolescent Males’ Relatedness in Physical Acti2
Supplemental Material for Stuck in the Middle: Men Experience Countervailing Reactions to Discussions About Misogyny and Violence Against Women2
Masculine honor endorsement is linked with stigmatization of men who have been sexually assaulted.2
Supplemental Material for Status Loss Due to COVID-19, Traditional Masculinity, and Their Association With Recent Suicide Attempts and Suicidal Ideation2
Men’s stories of living with breast cancer: A systematic review, metasynthesis, and proposed framework.2
Life stress and unmarried, Black fathers’ attitudes toward attachment: The moderating role of shift-and-persist.1
Supplemental Material for Moderators of Loneliness and Mental Health in Men: A Systematic Review With Meta-Analysis1
Measurement invariance and psychometric properties of a German-language Conformity to Masculine Norms Inventory among cisgender sexual minority and heterosexually identified women and men.1
Supplemental Material for Masculine Honor Beliefs and Perceptions of Male Rape1
Supplemental Material for Masculinity and Depressive Symptoms Among Rural and Urban Men1
Revising the Male Rape Myths Scale.1
Establishing research priorities for investigating male suicide risk and recovery: A modified Delphi study with lived-experience experts.1
Supplemental Material for The Precarious Masculinity of Firearm Ownership1
Men’s masculinity contingency and social anxiety symptomology in higher education: The moderating role of depressive symptoms.1
Men’s weekly household labor and relationship quality during COVID-19 in Canada and Germany: Between-person differences and within-person associations.1
Australian nonresident fathers’ tattoos that relate to their children: An exploration of motivation and meaning.1
Traditional masculinity ideology and psychotherapy treatment outcome for military service veteran men.1
“I didn't know who to talk to”: Black college men’s sources and descriptions of social support.1
Supplemental Material for Pilot Evaluation of the Men in Mind Training Program for Mental Health Practitioners1
Intimate partner violence myths toward male victims: Exploring gender, sexism, and participant perpetration and victimization.1
Acknowledgment of Ad Hoc Reviewers, 20241
Intersectional analysis of men’s masculinities and mental health-seeking behavior: A novel application of multiple correspondence analysis.1
“It’s an ongoing process”: A qualitative analysis of men’s feminist identity growth.1
Supplemental Material for Men’s Weekly Household Labor and Relationship Quality During COVID-19 in Canada and Germany: Between-Person Differences and Within-Person Associations1
Development of the Relationships Fostering Healthy Masculinities Scale.1
Men’s health and ageing well in New Zealand: A focus group study.1
Not so random acts of violence: Shared social–ecological features of violence against women and school shootings.1
Supplemental Material for Are Beliefs About “Being a Man” Associated With White Men’s Self-Perceptions About Confronting Racism?1
Racial discrimination, gender role conflict, and depression in college men of color: A longitudinal test of the racist-gender stress model.1
Arab Australian men’s perspectives on mental health: Exploring beliefs about causes, help-seeking attitudes, and experiences.1
An exploratory study of men’s access to mental health services.1
Good for men, but not for me: A qualitative study of factors preventing men from seeking psychological treatment for their binge-spectrum eating disorders.0
A qualitative analysis of beliefs about masculinity and gender socialization among U.S. mothers and fathers of school-age boys.0
Acknowledgment of Ad Hoc Reviewers, 20220
“Fight against the cultural emasculation of men”: The effect of masculine gender nostalgia on men’s attitudes toward women.0
Masculinity and men’s drive for muscularity: A meta-analytic review.0
Masculine threat and pressures to engage in locker room talk: The moderation effects of self-warmth and self-coldness.0
Supplemental Material for Print Media and the American Psychological Association’s Guidelines for Psychological Practice With Boys and Men: A Directed Content Analysis0
Masculinity and depressive symptoms among rural and urban men.0
Traditional masculinities and men’s sexism: A meta-analysis.0
Supplemental Material for Item-Level Psychometric Properties of the Conformity to Masculine Norms Inventory (CMNI-46): An Item Response Theory Analysis0
Client characteristics and implications for psychosocial support for men experiencing intimate partner violence and abuse: A qualitative study with service providers.0
Psychology of men and masculinities: The journal of big ideas.0
The Conformity to Masculine Norms Inventory-30: Validity and measurement invariance of a Russian-language version.0
Perspectives of Black and Latinx youth on masculinity and health during community reentry after incarceration.0
Deploying hegemonic masculinity: A study of uses of the concept in the journal Psychology of Men & Masculinities.0
Gender segregation in culturally feminized work: Theory and evidence of boys’ capacity for care.0
Supplemental Material for Association Between Psychotherapy Use, Sexual Orientation, and Traditional Masculinity Among Psychologically Distressed Men0
The gender socialization experiences of highly sensitive men.0
Supplemental Material for Masculinities Under the Microscope: A Systematic Review of Experimental Methods0
Variance composition, reliability, validity, and measurement invariance of the Toronto Alexithymia Scale-20 in nonclinical samples.0
The struggle tells me I don’t belong, yet I will stand up and show up: A psychosociocultural exploration of how Latino/x male undergraduates’ name, process, and manifest their identities.0
The sum of it all: Meta-analyses and metasyntheses in the psychology of men and masculinities.0
Gendered emotion socialization in families of preschoolers: The role of parents’ masculinity ideology.0
College men’s action for gender equality: A test of critical consciousness.0
Supplemental Material for Men’s Masculinity Contingency and Social Anxiety Symptomology in Higher Education: The Moderating Role of Depressive Symptoms0
“Male privilege doesn’t lift the social status of all men in the same way”: Trans masculine individuals’ lived experiences of male privilege in the United States.0
The role of masculinity and weight stigma in men’s body dissatisfaction.0
Sex as a Commodity Scale: Development and initial validation.0
“Yoga is for girls”: Conformity to masculine norms interferes with yoga engagement in men.0
Supplemental Material for Dutch Mothers’ and Fathers’ Differential Attributions and Parenting Reactions to the Misbehavior of Sons and Daughters0
Dating apps, sexual orientation, and male body image: An investigation in Singaporean and Swedish samples.0
The ties that bind: An exploration of son-in-law and father-in-law relationships in Black families.0
Gonadal hormones: The men, the myths, and the legends.0
Looking back and looking forward: Men and masculinity in psychological research on violence against women.0
Extending the gender role strain paradigm to account for U.S. males’ gun violence.0
Examining stigmatizing beliefs about PrEP use among Black sexual minority men: A test of explanatory mechanisms.0
Supplemental Material for Client Characteristics and Implications for Psychosocial Support for Men Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse: A Qualitative Study With Service Providers0
A metasynthesis exploring the role of masculinities in close male friendships.0
Early-life bullying victimization and perpetration and current disordered eating in Chinese men: An integrated theoretical model.0
Theorizing mankeeping: The male friendship recession and women’s associated labor as a structural component of gender inequality.0
“How can you really step up?”: The dad-double-bind grounded theory of fathering in the United States during COVID-19.0
Development and initial validation of the Masculine Sexual Entitlement Norms Scale.0
Unexamined whiteness in the psychological study of men and masculinities: Situating research and practice within white space and white time.0
Supplemental Material for Establishing Research Priorities for Investigating Male Suicide Risk and Recovery: A Modified Delphi Study With Lived-Experience Experts0
Relationships between social media, body image, physical activity, and anabolic-androgenic steroid use in men: A systematic review.0
Men’s depressive symptoms, health beliefs, masculinity, and heart-healthy behaviors: Examining moderators of a mediated model.0
A tutorial on dyadic growth curve mediation modeling: An applied example testing pathways of fathers’ depression vulnerability to destructive marital conflict.0
Unveiling mental health nuances of male Indian classical dancers.0
Weight-related eating among Latino college students.0
Are beliefs about “being a man” associated with White men’s self-perceptions about confronting racism?0
Status loss due to COVID-19, traditional masculinity, and their association with recent suicide attempts and suicidal ideation.0
“I am able to regain myself”: A phenomenological study of Malaysian male domestic violence survivors.0
The externalization of suffering among male survivors of child sexual abuse: “A deeply buried rage that must come out”.0
Supplemental Material for “I Could Just Exist … Not in a Box”: Experiential Examinations of Masculinity Within a Contemporary Men’s Group0
Association between psychotherapy use, sexual orientation, and traditional masculinity among psychologically distressed men.0
Threats to masculinity provoke gun use: An experimental study using a firearm training simulator.0
Is traditional masculinity ideology stable over time in men and women?0
Supplemental Material for The Role of Ethnic Identity in Preserving the Future Expectations of Justice-Involved Black Male Youth in the United States Following Direct Victimization0
A systematic review and meta-analysis of the associations between father and child anxiety and depression.0
Gratitude reduces the adverse impact of salient male privilege on men’s well-being.0
Opioid addiction and gender role conflict: A comparative study of fathers receiving treatment for an opioid use disorder.0
Supplemental Material for The Conformity to Masculine Norms Inventory-30: Validity and Measurement Invariance of a Russian-Language Version0
Adhering, rejecting, and conflicting: A latent profile analysis of emerging adult men’s traditional masculinity ideology and gender role conflict.0
Male privilege awareness and relational well-being at work: An allyship pathway.0
Masculinity ideologies, sensitivity to masculinity threats, and fathers’ involvement in housework and childcare among U.S. employed fathers.0
Masculine drinking norms and alcohol use in a national sample of NCAA male student-athletes.0
Conformity to masculine norms and men’s responses to the COVID-19 pandemic.0
“I don’t know what the hell you’d call it”: A qualitative thematic synthesis of men’s experiences with sexual violence in adulthood as contextualized by hegemonic masculinity.0
Evaluating muscle dysmorphia symptoms: Testing several factor structures of the Muscle Appearance Satisfaction Scale among Brazilian men.0
Supplemental Material for Message Framing for Men? Gender Moderated Effects of Culturally Targeted Message Framing on Colorectal Cancer Screening Receptivity Among African Americans0
Masculine honor beliefs and perceptions of male rape.0
Traditional masculinity and male violence against women: A meta-analytic examination.0
Minority stressors and connectedness among urban gay, bisexual, and queer men.0
Young males’ perspectives of gender-transformative health promotion programs: A systematic review and metasynthesis.0
Beyond sexual victimization and perpetration: Men, masculinities, and unwanted consensual sex.0
Men’s perspectives on the relationship between masculinities and suicidality: A thematic synthesis.0
“We are okay to be ourselves”: Understanding gay men’s friendships with heterosexual and gay men.0
Understanding masculinity: A multifaceted organizing framework.0
Supplemental Material for An Exploratory Study of Men’s Access to Mental Health Services0
U.K. men’s experience of the gender-role journey and implications for clinicians and mental health services.0
Supplemental Material for A Metasynthesis Exploring the Role of Masculinities in Close Male Friendships0
Black men need friends: Social support moderates the connection between gendered racism and psychological distress.0
Precarious manhood and men’s physical health around the world.0
Supplemental Material for “I Can’t Fit Into These Boxes, It Doesn’t Work”: Multiracial Men’s Experiences and Expressions of Masculinity0
Masculine depression: A person-centric perspective.0
When and why do men negotiate assertively? It depends on specific threats to their masculinity and the negotiation topic.0
On the future of the psychological study of men and masculinities: A developmental perspective.0
Stress of not being “man enough”: The role of masculine discrepancy stress and emotion dysregulation in the link between cumulative childhood trauma and perpetrated intimate partner violence in a clin0
“Sexual violence happens to us too”: A thematic analysis of Israeli men’s online disclosures of sexual victimization.0
Supplemental Material for Young Males’ Perspectives of Gender-Transformative Health Promotion Programs: A Systematic Review and Metasynthesis0
Supplemental Material for The Role of Masculinity and Weight Stigma in Men’s Body Dissatisfaction0
Traditional masculine gender role norms and nonsuicidal self-injury in veterans.0
“What can we learn from listening to men?”: The utility of the listening guide for the psychology of men and masculinities studies.0
Message framing for men? Gender moderated effects of culturally targeted message framing on colorectal cancer screening receptivity among African Americans.0
Supplemental Material for Gender Segregation in Culturally Feminized Work: Theory and Evidence of Boys’ Capacity for Care0
An intimacy gap? Exploring U.S. men’s experience with and capacity for physical intimacy in their same-sex friendships.0
Predicting Canadian first-time fathers’ early childcare involvement behaviors using an extended theory of planned behavior.0
Using critical discursive psychology to study masculinities in media: Pitfalls and best practices.0
Victims of virility: Honor endorsement, stigma, and men’s use of erectile dysfunction medication.0
Supplemental Material for Traditional Masculinity and Male Violence Against Women: A Meta-Analytic Examination0
Recovery capital among male adult sexual assault survivors: Perspectives of survivors and therapists.0
“Stammering less so that I can be more of a man”: Discourses of masculinities among young adult men in the Western Cape, South Africa, who stutter.0
Changes in the prevalence of muscular, but not thin, bodies bias young men’s judgments about body size.0
Father’s experiences of family breakdown and domestic abuse.0
Men in feminism: A self-determination perspective and goals for the future.0
Am I allowed to cry? Men’s childhood trauma is associated with greater psychological distress, through higher masculine discrepancy stress and emotion dysregulation.0
Acknowledgment of Ad Hoc Reviewers, 20230
Traditional masculinity ideology and political protests in authoritarian regimes: Unpacking the role of attitudes toward political authorities.0
A replication and extension of the factor structure of the Masculine Drinking Norms Measure (MDNM) and associations with drinking behaviors in a multisite sample of college men.0
Dutch mothers’ and fathers’ differential attributions and parenting reactions to the misbehavior of sons and daughters.0
Masculinity unwrapped: The effect of threatening masculinity and the role of the playboy masculine norm on the discounting of condom-protected sex.0
“I can’t fit into these boxes, it doesn’t work”: Multiracial men’s experiences and expressions of masculinity.0
Supplemental Material for Barriers to Help-Seeking for Eating Disorders in Men: A Mixed-Methods Systematic Review0
Supplemental Material for Early-Life Bullying Victimization and Perpetration and Current Disordered Eating in Chinese Men: An Integrated Theoretical Model0
A scar for life: Male breast cancer and the experience of the post-surgical body.0
The masculinity-based model of Aggressive Retaliation in Society (MARS).0
Supplemental Material for Authoritarian Attitudes Toward Political Authorities Link Traditional Masculinity Ideology to Military Endorsement in Russian Men0
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