认为男性气质对一个人的行为有负面影响的信念与心理健康的降低有关
1Centre for Male Psychology, London, UK.
International journal of health sciences
|July 7, 2023
概括
男性的心理健康是由个人成长和健康满意度以及对男性的积极看法来预测的. 对男子气概的负面看法可能会损害男性的心理健康.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 男人的健康 男人的健康
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 社会观念往往将男子气概与负面的心理健康结果和男性的反社会行为联系在一起.
- 了解影响男性精神健康的因素对于有针对性的干预和支持至关重要.
- 关于男性的态度经常与男性的心理健康有关.
研究的目的:
- 确定男性心理健康的关键预测因素.
- 调查男性对男性的态度在男性心理健康中的具体作用.
- 为了在不同文化背景 (英国和前东德) 中比较这些预测因素.
主要方法:
- 对来自英国和德国 (GDR) 的4025名男性进行调查,评估核心价值观,生活满意度和对男性性的看法.
- 使用积极心态指数 (PMI) 测量心理健康.
- 应用多重线性回归来确定预测因素和PMI分数之间的关系.
主要成果:
- 个人成长满意度,年龄 (年长),健康满意度和对男性的非负面看法是两国PMI分数更高的重要预测因素.
- 在英国,教育满意度也是一个强有力的预测因素.
- 在德国,对男性的积极看法成为一个重要的预测因素.
结论:
- 男性的心理健康与个人成长,健康满意度以及对男性的负面看法相对较小,都有积极的关联.
- 研究结果表明,普遍存在的对男性性的负面看法,经常被媒体放大,可能会对男性的心理健康产生不利影响.
- 促进男性的积极方面,并解决关键生活领域的满意度,可以提高男性的心理健康.
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