Masculinity and perceived normative health behaviors as predictors of men's health behaviors
Masculinity and perceived normative health behaviors as predictors of men's health behaviors
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DOI：
10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.02.035
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发表时间：
2007-06-01
影响因子：
5.4
通讯作者：
Syzdek, Matthew
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作者：
Mahalik, James R.;Burns, Shaun M.;Syzdek, Matthew
本研究考察了男性气质和男性对男性和女性健康行为规范性的看法在预测男性自我报告的健康行为方面的独特贡献。140名年龄在18岁至78岁之间的男性从27个男性潜在兴趣的互联网列表中招募。他们完成了在线评估男性气质的措施，他们对男性和女性规范健康行为的看法，以及8种健康行为（即酗酒、使用安全带、吸烟、打架、使用社会支持、锻炼、饮食习惯和接受年度体检）。研究结果表明，男性气质和其他男性健康行为的规范性显著预测了参与者自己的健康行为，超出了社会人口变量（如教育、收入）的影响。女性健康行为的规范性与参与者的健康行为无关。这一发现支持了之前的研究，即传统的男性性别社会化和社会规范模式鼓励男性将自己的健康置于危险之中，并为与男性一起工作时的健康促进工作提出了方向。(c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd.版权所有。
This study examined the unique contributions of masculinity and men's perceptions of the normativeness of men's and women's health behaviors in predicting men's self-reported health behaviors. One hundred and forty men aged 18-78 were recruited from 27 unmoderated and moderated Internet listservs of potential interest to men. They completed measures online assessing masculinity, their perceptions of normative health behaviors for men and women, and 8 health behaviors (i.e., alcohol abuse, seatbelt use, tobacco use, physical fighting, use of social support, exercise, dietary habits, and receipt of annual medical check-ups). Findings suggest that masculinity and the perceived normativeness of other men's health behaviors significantly predicted participants' own health behaviors beyond that accounted for by socio-demographic variables (e.g., education, income). Perceptions of the normativeness of women's health behaviors were unrelated to participants' health behaviors. The findings support previous research which has found that traditional masculine gender socialization and social norms models encourage men to put their health at risk, and suggest directions for health promotion efforts when working with men. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.