ArticleJournal of behavioral medicine2017
Masculine norms about emotionality and social constraints in young and older adult men with cancer.
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- Masculinity and Cancer Survivorship: A Systematic Review.Psycho-oncology · 2026Pooled it
- The impact of testicular cancer and its treatment on masculinity: A systematic review.Psycho-oncology · 2022Pooled it
- Tailored Personas of Online Health Information-Seeking Behaviors Among Men With Prostate Cancer Receiving Androgen Deprivation Therapy: Qualitative Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Article
- Social support, social constraint, and psychological adjustment in patients with colorectal cancer.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2025Article
- Validity and reliability of the brief form of the normative male alexithymia scale among Chinese patients after radical prostatectomy.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The moderating effect of self-efficacy between social constraints, social isolation, family environment, and depressive symptoms among breast cancer patients in China: a cross-sectional study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2023Article
- Social constraints and cancer-related quality of life in single and partnered young adult testicular cancer survivors: a contextual approach.Journal of psychosocial oncology · 2022Article
- "Empathy without sympathy": An analysis of support-related preferences among young adult cancer survivors.Journal of psychosocial oncology · 2022Article
- An Updated Systematic Review of Quantitative Studies Assessing Anxiety, Depression, Fear of Cancer Recurrence or Psychological Distress in Testicular Cancer Survivors.Cancer management and research · 2021Review
- Men's experiences of surviving testicular cancer: an integrated literature review.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2020Review
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Abstract
Beliefs that men should restrict their display of emotions, or restrictive emotionality, might contribute to adjustment to cancer and this might be sensitive to social receptivity to disclosure. The present research examined relationships of restrictive emotionality, social constraints, and psychological distress in young adults with testicular cancer (N = 171; Study 1) and older men with prostate cancer (N = 66; Study 2). Study 1: positive associations were observed for social constraints and restrictive emotionality with depressive symptoms. Social constraints moderated the relationship, such that high restrictive emotionality was associated with higher depressive symptoms in those with high constraints. Study 2: only social constraints (and not restrictive emotionality) was positively associated with depressive symptoms and cancer-related intrusive thoughts. The social constraints × restrictive emotionality interaction approached significance with depressive symptoms, such with high social constraints low restrictive emotionality was associated with higher depressive symptoms compared to those with less constraints. No significant associations were found for intrusive thoughts in either study. Findings demonstrate unique relationships with psychological distress across the lifespan of men with cancer given perception of constraints and adherence to masculine norms about emotionality.
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