Abstract
Past studies have focused on evaluating how the practice of mindfulness affects an individual’s psychological health outcomes such as depression, anxiety, and suicide without the consideration of gender specific social norms. The aim of this cross-sectional study is to evaluate the simultaneous role dispositional mindfulness and the conformity to masculinity has on the suicide ideation of males over the age of 18. A sample of 120 men will be recruited from the Miami-Dade County area. Participants will be recruited via convenience sampling from local organizations, health clinics, and college-campuses. These participants will complete a questionnaire that will incorporate questions from the MAAS, Mindfulness Attention Awareness Scale that assesses dispositional mindfulness, the CMNI-46, Conformity to Masculinity Scale that assesses masculine gender role conformity, and the BSSI, Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation that evaluates the presence of suicide ideation and its severity. Internal consistency of the questionnaire will be assessed using Cronbach’s alpha. A Pearson correlation coefficient of 0.07 or greater will be used to measure the strength between dispositional mindfulness and the conformity to masculinity to suicide ideation of the males. Expected results will show a positive correlation between dispositional mindfulness and the conformity to masculinity and suicide ideation of all men via a t-test where p value of 0.05 or less will signify statistical significance of the data. The collection of data from this study will be essential in bringing awareness and improving men’s health outcomes.
Presenters
Vicky Vazquez-BarriosNIH-NIAAA NRSA Research Fellow, Department of Health Promotion & Disease Prevention, Florida International University, Florida, United States
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Health Promotion and Education
KEYWORDS
Psychology, Wellness, Health
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