Men's likely responses to clinical depression: What are they and do masculinity norms predict them?

Sex Roles

Volumn 55, Issue 9-10, 2006, Pages 659-667

  Mahalik, James R ^a   Rochlen, Aaron B ^b  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping; Depression; Help seeking; Men and masculinity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845616290     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-006-9121-0     Document Type: Article

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