International Journal of Men's Health articles

Recent articles from International Journal of Men's Health

Recruitment and engagement in men's psychotherapy groups: an integrity model, value-based perspective.(Report)
September 22, 2008... Cochran's (2005) review of literature on working with men notes that "men's underutilization of psychological services and psychotherapy is well documented" (p. 649). Andronico (I 996) asks how men can be engaged in group psychotherapy within the constraints of time and financial resources....

The Riverina men's study: rural Australian men's barriers to healthy lifestyle habits.(Report)
September 22, 2008... This study aims to identify the barriers experienced by a sample of rural Australian men, including farmers, to adhering to a healthy diet and regular physical activity, and solutions to overcoming these barriers. The major barriers to eating a healthy diet were lack of willpower (39%), lack...

HIV/AIDS risk reduction and domestic violence prevention intervention for South African men.(human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome)(Report)
September 22, 2008... South Africa has among the worst HIV/AIDS epidemics in the world, and HIV/AIDS is closely associated with adversarial attitudes toward women and with domestic violence. This article reports the development of a social-cognitive and social-constructionist, gender-based intervention for working...

An examination of the influences on health-protective behaviours among Australian men.(Report)
September 22, 2008... Men are more likely to experience poorer health than women, yet stereotypically they demonstrate a reluctance to engage in appropriate health-protective behaviours, defined in the current study as health monitoring and risk-factor modification. Using 214 participants, aged 25-65, from the...

The influence of men's self-objectification on the drive for muscularity: self-esteem, body satisfaction and muscle dysmorphia.(Report)
September 22, 2008... The current study examines the influence of self-objectification on men's drive for muscularity, body satisfaction and self-esteem, and symptoms of muscle dysmorphia. Participants were 74 men recruited to complete an on-line self-report questionnaire to measure these experiences. The results...