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'That's not masculine': masculine capital and health-related behaviour

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posted on 2023-06-07, 19:03 authored by Richard De VisserRichard De Visser, Jonathan A Smith, Liz McDonnellLiz McDonnell
In recent years increasing attention has been given to how different masculinities are expressed in young men's health behaviour. To examine whether men can use competence in key health-related masculine domains to compensate for other non-masculine behaviour, group discussions were conducted with men aged 18-21 living in London, England. The analysis revealed the ways in which competence in traditionally masculine health-related domains produces masculine 'capital', which can be used to compensate for non-masculine behaviour in other domains. However, the capacity to trade this capital is limited because different masculine and non-masculine behaviours have different values.

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  • Published

Journal

Journal of Health Psychology

ISSN

1359-1053

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Issue

7

Volume

14

Page range

1047-1058

Pages

12.0

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  • Psychology Publications

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  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2012-02-06

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