“that which we’re finding is the fact that more males ‘do their sex’ and define on their own by conventional functions within our society, the less they tend to have assistance,” Mahalik claims.
In a research posted this January within the Psychology of Men and Masculinity (Vol. 6, # 1, pages 73-78), for instance, Berger, Levant and their peers unearthed that guys with higher degrees of conventional masculinity ideology additionally had a tendency to have an even more negative viewpoint of searching for mental assistance.
Plus in a 1995 research into the Journal of Counseling and Development (Vol. 74, No. 1, pages 70-75), Good discovered that males who scored greater on a test of male gender role conflict–a conflict between rigid discovered sex functions as well as the healthier expression of emotion–were more likely to be depressed and more prone to have an adverse opinion of emotional guidance.
Social Norms. Some males might also worry that culture can look down on a guy whom can’t “tough it down” by himself, and that seeking–or even needing–help just isn’t “normal” male behavior. Even males that do look for counseling may be worried about what others think about their option, including Tim (a pseudonym), a customer of Good’s in his 50s whom started therapy after he ended an affair that is extramarital. Continue reading