Effects of gender and gender role identification of participant and type of social support resource on support seeking

Negative Repetitive Thought and College Drinking: Angry Rumination, Depressive Rumination, Co-Rumination, and Worry

“…One intriguing possibility for these differences concerns the social context in which co-rumination and drinking occurs across the sexes. Friendships between men are characterized by less self-disclosure when compared to friendships among women (Ashton and Fuehrer 1993). Further, as previously noted, men report a greater tendency to drink to escape their problems (Nolen-Hoeksema 2004).…”

Gender, Drug Use, and Perceived Social Support Among HIV Positive Patients

“…Several studies have described a greater tendency for women to seek emotional support, especially when under stress (Ashton and Fuehrer 1993;Flaherty and Richman 1989;Frydenberg and Lewis 1993;Miller and Neaigus 2001;Taylor et al 2000), be more reliant on informal sources of support (Turner et al 1998), and seek more diverse sources of support (Matud et al 2003). Women often report greater numbers of close relationships (Fuhrer et al 1999) and larger social networks than men (Ashton and Fuehrer 1993).…”

“…Several studies have described a greater tendency for women to seek emotional support, especially when under stress (Ashton and Fuehrer 1993;Flaherty and Richman 1989;Frydenberg and Lewis 1993;Miller and Neaigus 2001;Taylor et al 2000), be more reliant on informal sources of support (Turner et al 1998), and seek more diverse sources of support (Matud et al 2003). Women often report greater numbers of close relationships (Fuhrer et al 1999) and larger social networks than men (Ashton and Fuehrer 1993). Moreover, women appear to be more sensitive to interpersonal conflict, and consistently experience more severe psychological and physical consequences from disharmonious relations, isolation, and perceptions of inadequate support (Cyranowski et al 2000;Flaherty and Richman 1989;Kendler et al 2001;Miller 1999;Nolen-Hoeksema 2001;Taylor et al 2000).…”

Early decision and psychosocial support intervention for men with localised prostate cancer: an integrated approach

“…In this regard, outreach tele-based interventions have the advantage of overcoming geographical barriers to access, removing travel and waiting times, allowing more flexible scheduling of sessions, and providing anonymity and privacy that reduces stigma about help seeking [38]. This latter point is of particular importance to men who, by comparison to women, seek psychological help less [1,37]. To date, tele-based counselling and information services in cancer have been reported as more widely utilised by women with breast cancer compared to men [23].…”

“…Inclusion criteria for the study were that the men must: (1) have been newly diagnosed with localised prostate cancer suitable for treatment with curative intent; (2) be able to read and speak English; (3) have no previous history of head injury, dementia or psychiatric illness; and (4) have no other concurrent cancer. Men were initially referred to the project team by their treating urologist.…”