Individual differences in masculine gender socialization as predictive of men's psychophysiological responses to negative affect

International Journal of Men's Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 63-82

  Green, Jonathan D ^a   Addis, Michael E ^a  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adherence to hegemonic masculine norms; Depression; Masculine gender socialization; Masculinity; Negative affect

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CRYING; EMOTIONALITY; FEAR; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MASCULINITY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SELF REPORT; SOCIALIZATION; STRESS; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84864416281     PISSN: 15326306     EISSN: 19330278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3149/jmh.1101.63     Document Type: Article

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