Masculinity, hardiness, and psychological well-being in male student veterans

American colleges are experiencing a surge of veterans and active-duty students who attend school at least part time. Little research exists on positive characteristics which facilitate their academic attainment. This study seeks to understand how conformity to traditional masculine norms and psychological hardiness affect the psychological well being of male student-veterans in higher education. One-hundred and seventeen college-attending veterans and active-duty service members completed an Internet survey including the Conformity to Masculine Norms Inventory, Psychological Well-Being Scales, and the Dispositional Resilience Scale-30. Conformity to masculine norms was found to be negatively associated with psychological well being, but hardiness fully mediated the relation between masculinity and psychological well being. Implications for research and practice with male student-veterans were addressed. These included doing more outreach to student veterans, facilitating their transition from the military to college, consulting with current student-veterans and military transition specialists, and developing specific programs to recruit and retain of student-veterans.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph. D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Doctoral

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Education, school and counseling psychology (MU)

Grantor dc:publisher

University of Missouri--Columbia

Year dc:date.issued

2011

Author dc:creator

• Alfred, Gregory Clifford

Advisors dc:contributor.advisor

• Good, Glenn E., 1954-
• Worthington, Roger (Roger L.)

• veterans
• academic attainment
• higher education
• psychological well-being
• masculinity

Statement dc:rights

• OpenAccess.

Language dc:language.iso

eng, English

DOI

https://doi.org/10.32469/10355/14388

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:mospace.umsystem.edu:10355/14388