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Bridging Evolutionary and Social Constructionist Approaches to Masculinity and Help-Seeking Reluctance: Applications to First Responder Mental Health Interventions

2026-03-25

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<p>First responders exhibit elevated rates of mental health difficulties yet underutilize mental health services—a pattern that characterizes men more broadly. Traditional masculine norms, particularly those emphasizing self-reliance, stoicism, and toughness, have been implicated in this reluctance, but why masculinity takes this particular form and why it impedes help-seeking remain underexplored. This paper offe...

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Literature Corpus work: 53e6ad00-1f35-5e0d-9184-a22662c319ac
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/ukn2b_v1

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