Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

, volume 56 , issue 7 , pages 844-851

Traditionalism vs egalitarianism: Is there an association between gender attitudes and mental health?

Tania L. King ¹

Francisco Perales ²

Tony Blakely ³

Lyle C. Gurrin ³

Bradley Crammond ⁴

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Centre for Health Equity, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia |

School of Social Science, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia |

Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia |

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Health Transformation Lab, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia |

Publication type: Journal Article

Publication date: 2021-07-27

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ISSN: 00048674, 14401614

DOI: 10.1177/00048674211031488

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PubMed ID: 34313142

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Psychiatry and Mental health

Abstract

Objective:

This study sought to assess the extent to which gender attitudes are associated with mental health among Australian men and women.

Methods:

This study used a sample of 26,188 individuals drawn from five waves of the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey. Gender attitudes were classified into three groups (traditional, moderate-egalitarian and egalitarian), and were constructed from six items. Mental health was measured using the Mental Health Inventory (MHI-5). We calculated the magnitude of associations between gender attitudes and mental health, stratified by gender, and adjusted for potential confounding.

Results:

Compared to men with egalitarian attitudes, poorer mental health was observed among men with moderate-egalitarian (−1.16, 95% confidence interval = [−1.84, −0.49]) and traditional gender attitudes (−2.57, 95% confidence interval = [−3.33, −1.81]). Among women, poorer mental health was observed among those with moderate-egalitarian (−0.78, 95% confidence interval = [−1.34, −0.22]) and traditional attitudes (−1.91, 95% confidence interval = [−2.55, −1.26]) compared to those with egalitarian attitudes.

Conclusions:

For both men and women, egalitarian gender attitudes were associated with better mental health.

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King T. L. et al. Traditionalism vs egalitarianism: Is there an association between gender attitudes and mental health? // Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. 2021. Vol. 56. No. 7. pp. 844-851.

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King T. L., Perales F., Blakely T., Gurrin L. C., Crammond B. Traditionalism vs egalitarianism: Is there an association between gender attitudes and mental health? // Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. 2021. Vol. 56. No. 7. pp. 844-851.

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