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APA Handbook of Men and Masculinities (APA Handbooks in Psychology) by Y. Joel Wong, Stephen R. Wester, American Psychological Association, American Psychological Association Staff is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is APA Handbook of Men and Masculinities (APA Handbooks in Psychology) about?

The psychology of men and masculinities is a broad, interdisciplinary field devoted to the study of how men s and boys lives are shaped by biopsychosociocultural influences as well as the constellation of meanings associated with the male biological sex. The use of the term masculinities reflects the editors belief that there are diverse meanings associated with being male that vary across time, situations, social groups, and cultures. In the past three decades, there has been an exponential growth in empirical psychological research on men and masculinities, although this emerging body of research has yet to be appropriately summarized, synthesized, and critically evaluated. This APA handbook addresses that lack with a strong focus on psychological science. It tackles the full spectrum of the theoretical, empirical, and practical, not only focusing on the extant literature in traditional areas of men and masculinities, but also highl The handbook is divided into four sections. The first section addresses historical, conceptual, and methodological issues. Readers will be exposed to a wide range of theoretical perspectives on men and masculinities (e.g., biological, evolutionary, so

Author

Y. Joel Wong, Stephen R. Wester, American Psychological Association, American Psychological Association Staff

Publisher

American Psychological Association (APA); American Psychological Association

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9781433818554

Subjects

Psychology, Social_sciences