When is masculinity “fragile”? An expectancy-discrepancy-threat model of masculine identity

A Stanaland, S Gaither… - Personality and social …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Academic Abstract Manhood is a precarious social status. Under perceived gender identity
threat, men are disproportionately likely to enact certain stereotype-consistent responses …

Men's gender norms and gender-hierarchy-legitimizing ideologies: The effect of priming traditional masculinity versus a feminization of men's norms

G Valsecchi, V Iacoviello, J Berent, I Borinca… - Gender issues, 2023 - Springer
Contemporary evidence suggests that masculinity is changing, adopting perceived feminine
traits in the process. Implications of this new masculine norm on gender relations remain …

Gendered attitudes towards pro‐environmental change: The role of hegemonic masculinity endorsement, dominance and threat

RAT Avery, C Kulich, L Thaqi… - British Journal of …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
One of the most robust findings in environmental psychology is that men report lower pro‐
environmentalism than women. Whilst this difference is often attributed to personality or …

[HTML][HTML] The influence of meaning in life on psychological distress among men: A serial multiple mediation model involving resilience and loneliness

TL Brown, JL Oliffe, D Kealy, SM Rice… - Current Research in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Although studies have reported a significant inverse association between
meaning in life and psychological distress, little is known about this association, specifically …

The Unmanliness of Ostracism: The Role of Masculine Gender Role Stress and Intimate Partner Violence in Men's Mental Health

RSW Chan, KT Poon - Sex Roles, 2023 - Springer
Given the high risk that intimate partner violence poses to its victims, understanding factors
which predict its enactment is critical. In the present research, we presented ostracism as a …

Reducing the gender gap on adolescents' interest in study fields: The impact of perceived changes in ingroup gender norms and gender prototypicality

V Iacoviello, G Valsecchi, M Vétois… - Social Psychology of …, 2024 - Springer
Despite some progress towards gender equality in Western societies, traditional gender
norms still shape career choices, perpetuating a gender gap where girls are more likely to …

Gendered Cycles of Sexual Objectification: The Roles of Social Dominance Orientation and Perceived Social Mobility

RSW Chan, KT Poon - Archives of Sexual Behavior, 2024 - Springer
Despite the high prevalence of sexual objectification, the understanding of gender
differences in its victimization and perpetration remains limited. We bridged victim and …

The roots and fruits of masculinity: Social antecedents and sexual relationship consequences of young men's adherence to masculine norms

MG Nielson, LM Ward, RC Seabrook… - The Journal of Sex …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
On a longitudinal sample of 181 emerging adult men (M age= 19.36, SD age= 1.48), we
analyzed how diverse socializing agents (fathers, male peers, magazines, music videos, TV …

You're heartless, I'm less: self-image and social norms in moral judgment

B Trémolière, P Rateau - The Journal of General Psychology, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Are moral judgments to sacrificial dilemmas shaped by a latent social norm? The present
research addresses this issue. We report a set of six studies (plus a supplementary one) …

The Role of Gender in the Relationship Between Negative Reactions to Sexual Abuse Disclosure and Masculinity Norm Adherence

KE Hall, B Cho, SM Wilensky… - Journal of Child Sexual …, 2025 - Taylor & Francis
Although men and women generally receive positive and negative reactions to childhood
sexual abuse (CSA) disclosure (Filipas & Ullman, 2001), negative reactions are more …