Effects of Conformity to Masculine Norms and Coping on Health Behaviors in Men With Multiple Sclerosis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The role of conformity to masculine gender norms in health behaviors in men with multiple sclerosis (MS) has not received attention. This cross-sectional study explores these issues and their relationship to coping and health behaviors.

Methods

Eighty-one men with MS completed the Conformity to Masculine Norms Inventory-46 and the Ways of Coping Questionnaire and provided demographic and clinical variables. These results were used to predict subscale scores of the Health Behavior Inventory-20 in multivariable regression models.

Results

Models for the Preventive Self-care and Avoiding Anger and Stress subscales were successfully fit. For the former, respondents endorsing lower levels of masculine conformity related to Emotional Control and higher levels of H

SUBMITTER: Davis B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9296053 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul-Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature