10.2190/SH.8.1.i Y7V8105777148375 9 Changes in Conventional Masculinity and Psychological Well-Being among Participants in a Mutual Help Organization for Men 61 84 20140304 20140304 20140304 20140304 Y7V8105777148375.pdf http://baywood.metapress.com/link.asp?target=contribution&id=Y7V8105777148375 1 Clinton W. Anderson Kenneth I. Maton Christopher K. Burke Eric S. Mankowski Laura M. Stapleton American Psychological Association University of Maryland Baltimore County River City Clinic, St. Paul, Minnesota Portland State University, Oregon The study modeled the theory of a mutual help organization, the ManKind Project®, that masculinity harms men's well-being and that men changing their masculinity through participation in the organization's mutual help settings will improve well-being. The study hypothesized that conventional masculinity (i.e., adherence to masculine gender role norms and stereotypes) would decrease over time and mediate changes in psychological well-being among 128 U. S. participants in the organization (mid-Atlantic region, highly educated, mostly white, disproportionately gay/bisexual). Participants completed questionnaires once before and 3 times after initiation into the organization. Linear latent growth models fitted to the data showed that conventional masculinity decreased (p < .001) and partially mediated (p < .001) an increase (p < .01) in psychological well-being, supporting the hypotheses. The findings replicate earlier findings that conventional masculinity is associated with poorer psychological well-being and suggest potential benefits to psychological well-being from decreases in conventional masculinity associated with participation in a mutual help organization. mutual help masculinity masculinity ideology gender role strain psychological well-being social support

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