Relations of Masculinity Ideology, Conformity to Masculine Role Norms, and Masculine Gender Role Conflict to Men's Attitudes Toward and Willingness to Seek Career Counseling

We sought to extend the empirical research on men's attitudes toward and willingness to seek career counseling by (a) relating men's career counseling attitudes to three related yet unique masculinity constructs from the masculine role socialization paradigm-masculinity ideology, conformity to masculine role norms, and masculine gender role conflict; and (b) exploring the incremental contribution (i.e., beyond gender role conflict and previous career counseling) of masculinity ideology and conformity to masculine role norms to the prediction of career counseling attitudes. Results of correlations and multiple regressions based on a sample of 179 college men revealed support for most of the hypothesized relations involving masculinity constructs and career counseling attitudes as well as the incremental contribution of masculinity ideology and conformity to masculine role norms to the prediction of career counseling attitudes.