A Self Psychological Conceptualization for Traditional Gender Role Men and Considerations in Couples Treatment

Date of Award

Spring 6-15-2012

Document Type

Doctoral Research Paper

Degree Name

Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology

Organizational Unit

Graduate School of Professional Psychology

First Advisor

Shelly Smith-Acuna

Second Advisor

Fernand Lubuguin

Third Advisor

Marleen Williams

Copyright Statement / License for Reuse

All Rights Reserved
All Rights Reserved.

Keywords

Men's Issues, Assessment, Qualitative research, Case study, Self psychology

Abstract

The study of masculinity and its impact on men’s psychological development and subsequent functioning has become more prevalent in the last few decades. This area of research has begun to introduce psychological interventions specific to men in treatment settings. Masculinity, like any socially constructed phenomena, is a fluid concept with overlapping variables and characteristics that are specific to what is learned from one’s social, cultural, and familial environment. According to Tremblay & L’Heureux (2005):

Copyright Date

5-22-2012

Publication Statement

Copyright is held by the author. Permanently suppressed.

Rights Holder

Sejal S. Patel

Provenance

Received from Author

File Format

application/pdf

Language

English (eng)

Extent

37 pgs

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