The Psychology of Men and Masculinity

The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Family Psychology

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 588-599

  Levant, Ronald F ^a   Williams, Christine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

Concept of trauma strain as applying to certain groups of men; Gender role strain paradigm; Masculinity ideologies; Masculinity ideology; Psychology of men and masculinity; Psychology of Men new psychology of men, both overdue and urgently needed; Sex specific characteristics; Thompson and Pleck's "masculinity ideology"; Traditional masculinity ideology

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EID: 82255174677     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444310238.ch41     Document Type: Chapter

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