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Behavioral Sciences, Volume 11, Issue 6

June 2021 - 13 articles

Cover Story: Men seek significantly less help for mental health issues compared to women, even when experiencing similar symptom burden. In an anonymous online study of 716 German-speaking men and women, we examined mental health symptoms, masculinity ideologies, and possible interactions to analyze their predictive value for psychotherapy use among men and women who report suffering from psychological distress. Our findings support previous research suggesting that adherence to traditional masculinity ideologies may prevent men from seeking professional help for mental health issues. Significant interaction effects between mental health symptoms and traditional masculinity ideologies further indicate that men with high adherence to traditional masculinity ideologies seek professional help only when experiencing elevated symptoms. View this paper.
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Articles (13)

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,188 Views
10 Pages

21 June 2021

Trustworthiness is a core concept that drives individuals’ interaction with others, as well with objects and digital interfaces. The perceived trustworthiness of strangers from the evaluation of their faces has been widely studies in social psycholog...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,495 Views
11 Pages

21 June 2021

In this study, we examined whether vowel length affected the perceptual and emotional evaluations of Japanese sound-symbolic words. The perceptual and emotional features of Japanese sound-symbolic words, which included short and long vowels, were eva...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
10 Citations
7,446 Views
6 Pages

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders and Functional Urinary Disorders: A Fortuitous Association?

  • Qin Xiang Ng,
  • Yu Liang Lim,
  • Wayren Loke,
  • Wee Song Yeo and
  • Kuan Tsee Chee

17 June 2021

Although psychological factors are known to affect bladder and bowel control, the occurrence of functional urinary disorders in patients with psychiatric disorders has not been well-studied or described. A higher prevalence of functional lower urinar...

  • Review
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,334 Views
15 Pages

16 June 2021

Background: Review-based research is needed which can establish the psychosocial outcomes and mechanisms of “storytelling and sharing” interventions for people with stroke. This information will act to inform the value and development of such interve...

  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
4,996 Views
20 Pages

From Fear to Hopelessness: The Buffering Effect of Patient-Centered Communication in a Sample of Oncological Patients during COVID-19

  • Alessandro Alberto Rossi,
  • Maria Marconi,
  • Federica Taccini,
  • Claudio Verusio and
  • Stefania Mannarini

14 June 2021

Background: COVID-19 represents a threat both for the physical and psychological health of oncological patients experiencing heightened distress levels to which the fear of the virus is also added. Moreover, fear of COVID-19 could lead oncological pa...

  • Review
  • Open Access
8 Citations
5,238 Views
15 Pages

11 June 2021

Obesity is highly prevalent in patients with schizophrenia and, in association with metabolic syndrome, contributes to premature deaths of patients due to cardiovascular disease complications. Moreover, pharmacologic, and behavioral interventions hav...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
11,424 Views
17 Pages

10 June 2021

Body postures can affect how we process and attend to information. Here, a novel effect of adopting an open or closed posture on the ability to detect deception was investigated. It was hypothesized that the posture adopted by judges would affect the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,454 Views
18 Pages

Effects of a Mindfulness and Acceptance-Based Program on Intimate Relationships in a Youth Sample: A Randomized Controlled Trial

  • María de Lourdes Rosales-Villacrés,
  • Cristián Oyanadel,
  • Diana Changotasig-Loja and
  • Wenceslao Peñate-Castro

9 June 2021

Intimate relationship conflicts in young people are crucial experiences for change. They can lead to more or less satisfactory relationships, depending on individuals’ skills to cope with these conflicts. This may or may not lead to violence in coupl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
32 Citations
7,477 Views
21 Pages

Men’s Psychotherapy Use, Male Role Norms, and Male-Typical Depression Symptoms: Examining 716 Men and Women Experiencing Psychological Distress

  • Lukas Eggenberger,
  • Callia Fordschmid,
  • Claudio Ludwig,
  • Seraina Weber,
  • Jessica Grub,
  • Nikola Komlenac and
  • Andreas Walther

2 June 2021

Men as compared to women are half as often affected by depressive and anxiety disorders and seek significantly less help for mental health issues than women. Adherence to traditional male role norms (AtTMRN) may hinder men from describing prototypica...

  • Article
  • Open Access
62 Citations
9,481 Views
17 Pages

27 May 2021

Contemporary mobile technologies offer tablets and smartphones that elicit young children’s active participation in various educational apps, dramatically transforming playing, learning, and communication. Even the most knowledgeable users face diffi...

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