Men's Preferences for Language and Communication in Mental Health Promotion: A Qualitative Study.

IF 2 4区医学 Q3 BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

Behavioral Medicine Pub Date : 2024-11-11 DOI:10.1080/08964289.2024.2424168

Paul Sharp, John L Oliffe, Joan L Bottorff, Simon M Rice, Nico Schulenkorf, Cristina M Caperchione

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Abstract

Tailored language and communication strategies underpin men's engagement with public health initiatives. The aim of this study was to explore men's preferences for language and communication in mental health promotion and provide recommendations for current and future programs. A sequential mixed-methods design was used including five focus groups and 21 individual interviews with 64 men. Interpretive description was used to inductively derive three themes: (1) Using coded language to confer mental health, which highlighted the tacit meaning and implications of language as well as men's covert strategies to communicate their challenges and emotions; (2) Summoning masculine capital with association and metaphors, wherein men's strategies for conveying mental health in acceptable and relatable ways are chronicled; and (3) Dynamism language to signal action and growth, illustrating participants' preference for strength-based approaches and gain-framed messaging that positions men as drivers of self-management and personal development. Important implications for men's mental health promotion are discussed.

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男性在心理健康宣传中对语言和沟通的偏好：定性研究。

量身定制的语言和沟通策略是男性参与公共卫生活动的基础。本研究旨在探讨男性在心理健康宣传中对语言和沟通的偏好，并为当前和未来的项目提供建议。研究采用了一种连续的混合方法设计，包括对 64 名男性进行了 5 次焦点小组讨论和 21 次个别访谈。通过解释性描述归纳出三个主题：(1) 使用编码语言来表达心理健康，这突出了语言的隐含意义和含义，以及男性传达其挑战和情绪的隐蔽策略；(2) 通过联想和隐喻来唤起男性资本，其中记录了男性以可接受和可亲近的方式传达心理健康的策略；(3) 以充满活力的语言来传达行动和成长的信号，说明参与者偏好以力量为基础的方法和以收益为框架的信息，将男性定位为自我管理和个人发展的推动者。讨论了对促进男性心理健康的重要意义。

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Behavioral Medicine 医学-行为科学

CiteScore

5.30

自引率

4.30%

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审稿时长

>12 weeks

期刊介绍： Behavioral Medicine is a multidisciplinary peer-reviewed journal, which fosters and promotes the exchange of knowledge and the advancement of theory in the field of behavioral medicine, including but not limited to understandings of disease prevention, health promotion, health disparities, identification of health risk factors, and interventions designed to reduce health risks, ameliorate health disparities, enhancing all aspects of health. The journal seeks to advance knowledge and theory in these domains in all segments of the population and across the lifespan, in local, national, and global contexts, and with an emphasis on the synergies that exist between biological, psychological, psychosocial, and structural factors as they related to these areas of study and across health states. Behavioral Medicine publishes original empirical studies (experimental and observational research studies, quantitative and qualitative studies, evaluation studies) as well as clinical/case studies. The journal also publishes review articles, which provide systematic evaluations of the literature and propose alternative and innovative theoretical paradigms, as well as brief reports and responses to articles previously published in Behavioral Medicine.