The link between men's zero-sum gender beliefs and mental health: Findings from Chile and Croatia

Psychology of Men and Masculinity

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 12-19

  Wong, Y Joel ^a   Klann, Elyssa M ^a   Bijelić, Nataša ^b   Aguayo, Francisco ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CESI Center for Education   (Croatia)

^c Fundación CulturaSalud   (Chile)

Author keywords

Gender; Men; Mental health; Zero sum beliefs

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CHILE; CHILEAN; CROATIA; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENDER; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCINFO; SATISFACTION; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

EID: 84975733092     PISSN: 15249220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/men0000035     Document Type: Article

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