@article{ref1,
title="Life course and socioecological influences on gender-equitable attitudes among men:  a scoping review",
journal="Trauma, violence, and abuse",
year="2020",
author="Casey, Erin A. and Ihrig, Anna and Roman, Melinda and Hoxmeier, Jill C. and Carlson, Juliana and Greer, Kelsey",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Emerging research suggests that holding gender-equitable attitudes (GEA) is  associated with decreased risk of gender-based violence perpetration and increased  willingness to engage in violence preventative actions among men. GEA, defined here  as support for political, economic, and social equity across gender in both public  and private spheres, may therefore constitute a protective factor against  perpetration and a promotive factor in fostering healthy relationships and  communities. Forces that shape GEA throughout boys' and young men's lives are less  well articulated. The purpose of this exploratory, scoping review was to synthesize  cross-disciplinary research to distill life-course influences on the development of  GEA among men. Three databases and Google Scholar were searched to locate  peer-reviewed studies that empirically examined GEA as an outcome of childhood,  adolescent, or young adulthood factors. Sixty-nine articles were located that,  collectively, used data from 97 different countries and identified 22 potential  life-course influences on men's GEA. Across studies, facilitators of equitable  attitudes included higher levels of education, exposure to gender transformative  prevention programming, and having parents who held, modeled, and communicated  gender-equitable beliefs. Hindrances to equitable attitudes included but were not  limited to religiosity, the transition to fatherhood, and having mostly male peer  groups. <br><br>FINDINGS suggest that opportunities to foster equitable attitudes exist  across the life course and both inside and outside of formal prevention or education  interventions.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1524-8380",
doi="10.1177/1524838020977140",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1524838020977140"
}