Contributors
Foreword: A Brief History of the Psychology of Men and
Masculinities
Joseph H. Pleck
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Maturation of the Psychology of Men and
Masculinities
Ronald F. Levant and Y. Joel Wong
Part I: Gender Role Strain Paradigm and Related
Theories
Chapter 1: The Gender Role Strain Paradigm
Ronald F. Levant and Wizdom A. Powell
Chapter 2: Masculinity Ideologies
Edward H. Thompson, Jr. and Kate M. Bennett
Chapter 3: Masculinity as a Heuristic: Gender Role Conflict Theory,
Superorganisms, and System-Level Thinking
James M. O'Neil, Stephen R. Wester, Martin Heesacker, and Steven J.
Snowden
Chapter 4: A Critical Discursive Approach to Studying
Masculinities
Sarah Seymour-Smith
Chapter 5: A Review of Selected Theoretical Perspectives and
Research in the Psychology of Men and Masculinities
Anthony J. Isacco and Jay C. Wade
Part II: Men's Mental and Physical Health
Chapter 6: Men's Depression and Help-Seeking Through the Lenses of
Gender
Michael E. Addis and Ethan Hoffman
Chapter 7: A Review of Research on Men's Physical Health
Brendan Gough and Steve Robertson
Chapter 8: A Review of Research on Men's Body Image and Drive for
Muscularity
Sarah K. Murnen and Bryan T. Karazsia
Part III: Ethnic, Racial, and Sexual Minority Men
Chapter 9: The Intersection of Race, Ethnicity, and Masculinities:
Progress, Problems, and Prospects
Y. Joel Wong, Tao Liu, and Elyssa M. Klann
Chapter 10: Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Masculinities
Mike C. Parent and Tyler C. Bradstreet
Part IV: Implications for Practice
Chapter 11: Counseling, Psychotherapy, and Psychological
Interventions for Boys and Men
Gary R. Brooks
Chapter 12: Dysfunction Strain and Intervention Programs Aimed at
Men's Violence, Substance Use, and Help-Seeking Behaviors
Christopher T. H. Liang, Carin Molenaar, Christina Hermann, and
Louis A. Rivera
Part V: Conclusion
Conclusion: Addressing Controversies and Unresolved Questions in
the Psychology of Men and Masculinities
Y. Joel Wong and Ronald F. Levant
Index
About the Editors
Ronald F. Levant, EdD, ABPP, earned his doctorate in
clinical psychology and public practice from Harvard University. He
served on the faculties of Boston University, Rutgers University,
Harvard Medical School at The Cambridge Hospital, and (as both Dean
and Professor) the Center for Psychological Studies at Nova
Southeastern University. He is currently Professor of Psychology at
the University of Akron, where he served for 4 years as Dean of the
College of Arts and Sciences. Dr. Levant has authored,
co-authored, edited, or co-edited 16 books and over 200
peer-refereed journal articles and book chapters in gender and
family psychology and in advancing professional psychology. Dr.
Levant developed a leadership role in the American Psychological
Association (APA). He served as President of APA Division 43
(Family Psychology), as Editor of the Journal of Family Psychology,
and as Associate Editor for Professional Psychology: Research and
Practice. He also chaired the APA Committee for the Advancement of
Professional Practice for two terms and served two 3-year terms on
the APA Council of Representatives. Following that, he served 12
years on the APA Board of Directors, as an at-large member for one
term, two terms as APA Recording Secretary, and as the 2005 APA
President. Dr. Levant has been one of the leading pioneers of the
new field of the psychology of men and masculinities. He played a
key role in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s in envisioning and
developing this new field, serving as the co-founder, co-chair, and
the first President of the Society for the Psychological Study of
Men and Masculinity (APA Division 51). He co-edited A New
Psychology of Men (Basic Books, 1995), which has been cited as “the
most salient publication” in the new psychology of men. He served
as Editor of Psychology of Men and Masculinity for over half of its
15 years of existence, which had an Impact Factor of 2.947 in the
final year of his editorship (2015). Finally, he has developed
theory and conducted research on fathering, gender role strain,
masculinity ideologies, and normative male alexithymia. Dr.
Levant’s work in the psychology of men and masculinities was
recognized in 2011, when he was awarded the APA Award for
Distinguished Professional Contributions to Applied Research.
Y. Joel Wong, PhD, is Associate Professor in the
APA-accredited Counseling Psychology Program at Indiana University.
Dr. Wong obtained his PhD in counseling psychology from the
University Texas at Austin and completed his APA-accredited
internship at the University of Texas' Counseling and Mental Health
Center. He is a fellow of APA (Divisions 17, 45 and 51) and of the
Asian American Psychological Association. Dr. Wong has published
more than 90 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters. He also
co-edited the 34-chapter, 799-page APA Handbook of Men and
Masculinities. His research interests are in the psychology of men
and masculinities, Asian American mental health, and positive
psychology. With regard to the psychology of men and masculinities,
he has studied the intersection of race and gender and its
implications for men of color as well as men’s emotional lives. Dr.
Wong’s current research interests in masculinities address basic
theoretical conceptualizations of masculinities as well as how
diverse meanings of masculinities can be operationalized and
measured. Together with his colleagues, Dr. Wong helped to develop
the following masculinities-related measures: the Subjective
Masculinity Stress Scale, the Inventory of Subjective Masculinity
Experiences, the Measure of Men’s Perceived Inexpressiveness Norms,
the Masculinity Contingency Scale, and the African American Men’s
Gendered Racism Inventory. Dr. Wong is an associate editor of two
APA journals, Psychology of Men and Masculinity and the Journal of
Counseling Psychology. He has also received several awards for his
research, including the Researcher of the Year Award from APA’s
Division 51, the Best in Science Address from APA’s Division 17,
the Shane J. Lopez Award for Professional Contributions in Positive
Psychology from APA Division 17’s Positive Psychology Section, the
Emerging Professional Contributions to Research Award from APA’s
Division 45, and the Early Career Award for Distinguished
Contribution to Research from the Asian American Psychological
Association.
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