@article{ref1,
title="Masculinity impediments: internalized masculinity contributes to healthcare avoidance in men and women",
journal="Journal of health psychology",
year="2014",
author="Himmelstein, Mary S. and Sanchez, Diana T.",
volume="21",
number="7",
pages="1283-1292",
abstract="Gender beliefs contribute to men's healthcare avoidance, but little research examines these outcomes in women. This article models healthcare avoidance related to masculine contingencies of self-worth in men and women. Nested path modelling tested relationships between social role beliefs, masculine contingencies of self-worth, barriers to help seeking and avoidance of health care in university and non-university-student adult samples. <br><br>RESULTS indicated social role beliefs predicted masculine contingencies of self-worth in men but not in women. Regardless of gender, masculine contingencies of self-worth predicted barriers to help seeking, which predicted healthcare avoidance in both men and women. Thus, masculine contingencies of self-worth have downstream consequences for men and women through barriers to help seeking.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1359-1053",
doi="10.1177/1359105314551623",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1359105314551623"
}