@article{ref1,
title="Conditional Process Modeling of the Relationship Among Self-Reliance, Loneliness, and Depressive Symptoms, and the Moderating Effect of Feeling Understood",
journal="Journal of nervous and mental disease",
year="2022",
author="Ogrodniczuk, John S. and Oliffe, John L. and Kealy, David and Seidler, Zac E. and Black, Nick and Rice, Simon M.",
volume="210",
number="1",
pages="32-36",
abstract="Self-reliance features as one of the notable male norms espoused by traditional masculine socialization. Strict adherence to a self-reliant attitude has been found to confer risk for depression and suicidality among men. Yet, little research has investigated the factors that may contribute to self-reliance having a negative impact for men. Using data from a large sample of Canadian men (N = 530), the present study examined the association between self-reliance and depression, while also assessing the roles of loneliness and not feeling understood as contributing factors in this process. <br><br>FINDINGS indicated that the moderated mediation model was significant, pointing to loneliness as a significant mediator in the association between self-reliance and depression. Furthermore, the findings revealed that not feeling understood moderated the relationship between self-reliance and loneliness, indicating that this association applies mainly to those men who do not feel understood by at least one important person in their life.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0022-3018",
doi="10.1097/NMD.0000000000001407",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/NMD.0000000000001407"
}