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JOURNAL OF AMERICAN COLLEGE HEALTH
Volume 49, Issue 1, Pages 27-33Publisher
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/07448480009596279
Keywords
cancer; gender roles; masculinity; men; risk factors; screening
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Men and women experience cancer differently. More men than women get cancer, mon men than women die from cancer, and men usually adapt less well than women after a cancer diagnosis. In this article, the author suggests that the consequences of male gender-role socialization may explain some of these differences. The focus of the article is on (a) cancer risk-factor behaviors; (b) screening, early detection, symptom recognition, and help seeking; and (c) psychosocial adaptation. Research that has identified Sender differences is reviewed and the impact of male gender-role socialization is offered as a potential explanation for these differences. In addition, practice implications for college health professionals an offered.
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