Associations of Family and Peer Experiences with Masculinity Attitude Trajectories at the Individual and Group Level in Adolescent and Young Adult Males

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• Alternative Title:
  Men Masc
• Personal Author:
  Marcell, Arik V. ; Eftim, Sorina E. ; Sonenstein, Freya L. ; Pleck, Joseph H.
• Description:
  Data were drawn from 845 males in the National Survey of Adolescent Males who were initially aged 15-17, and followed-up 2.5 and 4.5 years later, to their early twenties. Mixed-effects regression models (MRM) and semiparametric trajectory analyses (STA) modeled patterns of change in masculinity attitudes at the individual and group levels, guided by gender intensification theory and cognitive-developmental theory. Overall, men's masculinity attitudes became significantly less traditional between middle adolescence and early adulthood. In MRM analyses using time-varying covariates, maintaining paternal coresidence and continuing to have first sex in uncommitted heterosexual relationships were significantly associated with masculinity attitudes remaining relatively traditional. The STA modeling identified three distinct patterns of change in masculinity attitudes. A traditional-liberalizing trajectory of masculinity attitudes was most prevalent, followed by traditional-stable and nontraditional-stable trajectories. Implications for gender intensification and cognitive-developmental approaches to masculinity attitudes are discussed.
• Keywords:
  Gender Development Growth Modeling Masculinity Attitudes Trajectory
• Source:
  Men Masc. 2011; 14(5)
• Pubmed ID:
  24187483
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC3813305
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  K23 HD047547/HD/NICHD NIH HHSUnited States/ ; R01 HD036948/HD/NICHD NIH HHSUnited States/ ; R24 HD042854/HD/NICHD NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U48 DP000040/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  14
• Issue:
  5
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:53265a0925b811034e87050608cc8db796256fffd37c0875f54ce81bb83eea16
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/41921/cdc_41921_DS1.pdf
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