Prior findings show that men as a group seek psychological help at relatively low rates. The current study sought to provide preliminary evidence that Ajzen's (1991) Theory of Planned Behavior can integrate prior research findings and help explain men's psychological help-seeking by testing a mediation model among a young adult sample. Structural equation modeling was utilized to investigate the impact of traditional masculinity ideology and attitudes toward psychological help-seeking on men's intention to seek psychological help. Results (N ϭ 307) provided support for a mediation effect of attitudes toward psychological help-seeking on the relationship between traditional masculinity ideology and psychological help-seeking intentions, 2 (1, N ϭ 306) ϭ 1.56, p ϭ .21, standardized root-mean-square residual ϭ .022, Comparative Fit Index ϭ .997, Root Mean Square Error of Approximation Index ϭ .043. Together, the predictors accounted for 29.6% of the variance in men's psychological help-seeking intentions. Study findings integrate and build upon prior research and highlight recommendations for developing interventions to facilitate help-seeking among traditionally masculine men. Overall, the results of this study suggest that the Theory of Planned Behavior may be a promising model to help understand men's psychological helpseeking.

The results demonstrate that illness representations are direct predictors of both coping cognitions and coping behaviours in patients with type 2 diabetes. In addition, coping cognitions and coping behaviours appear to be distinct mechanisms that operate independently. The findings suggest that rather than manipulating patients' coping cognitions to improve patients' health behaviours it may be beneficial to focus on their beliefs about diabetes.

Youths with chronic physical illnesses face increased rates of psychological problems and the burden of coping with physical illness-related challenges. The following data describes treatment outcome maintenance results from a randomized clinical trial investigating the impact of a cognitive behavioral intervention Primary and Secondary Control Enhancement Therapy-Physical Illness (PASCET-PI) as compared to treatment as usual (TAU) on youths with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Forty-one participants aged 11-17 with IBD and concurrent depressive symptomatology were randomized to PASCET-PI (n = 22) or TAU (n = 19). Self-reported depressive features, global functioning, and DSM-IV depressive symptomatology were assessed immediately post-treatment (T2), followed by assessments at 6-months (T3) and 12-months (T4) post-treatment initiation. Repeated measure models revealed significantly improved global psychosocial functioning in youths randomized to PASCET-PI compared to youths randomized to TAU. Improvements in self-reported depressive features and DSM-IV depressive symptoms were found at the trend level for youths randomized to PASCET-PI relative to those receiving TAU. Effect size estimates for all outcome variables suggested large to medium treatment effects.

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