"He's more typically female because he's not afraid to cry": Connecting heterosexual gender relations and men's depression

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 775-782

  Oliffe, John L ^a   Kelly, Mary T ^a   Bottorff, Joan L ^b   Johnson, Joy L ^a   Wong, Sabrina T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Femininities; Gender relations; Health behaviors; Masculinities; Men; Men's depression

Indexed keywords

FEMINIZATION; GENDER DISPARITY; GENDER RELATIONS; MASCULINIZATION; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CARE AND CARING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FEMININITY; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MASCULINITY; PROTECTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CARE; SELF CONCEPT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEX ROLE;

ADULT; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MASCULINITY; MIDDLE AGED; SEXUAL PARTNERS; YOUNG ADULT;

CANADA;

EID: 80051879876     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.06.034     Document Type: Article

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