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This study used a consensual qualitative research design to examine the way contextual, cultural, and personal variables influenced the training, career choice, and development of six male counseling psychology doctoral students in the U.S. and three in Turkey. Four domains of influence on the career decision-making process emerged: personal values, prior experience, family obligations, and role models. Experiences in the program were characterized by rejection of gender minority status, intersectionality of several different identities, perceived privilege as a male, meaning of masculinity, and role navigation. Participants also described factors that facilitated their training, such as having faculty who endorsed less traditional gender role beliefs and allies in the program. Cross-cultural differences and similarities between U.S. and Turkish participants were also found. Implications for training program faculty and male counseling psychologists in training are discussed., Author(s): Shin Ye Kim [sup.1] , Mercedes Santana [sup.2] [sup.3] , Jacob Daheim [sup.1] Author Affiliations: (1) grid.264784.b, 0000 0001 2186 7496, Department of Psychological Sciences, Texas Tech University, , [...]

Introduction: This study examined the roles of generativity (i.e., the need to care for and contribute to future generations) and perceived family support in prescription pain medication use among midlife and older adults with chronic pain. Methods: The sample consisted of 826 participants with chronic pain from the Midlife in the United States data set (Midlife in the United States III, 2013-2014). Results: The results of a moderated mediation analysis indicated that generativity significantly mitigated the negative association between pain interference and perceived family support, and those with high generativity reported consuming more prescription pain medications at all levels of pain interference. Discussion: The findings indicated the protective roles of generativity in attenuating the detrimental effects of chronic pain on family support and suggested the potential roles of perceived family support and generativity in medication adherence among midlife and older adults with chronic pain. Public Significance Statement The present study suggests that having a supportive family helps midlife and older adults with chronic pain become more adherent to their prescription pain medication treatments. The findings also suggest that engaging in socially productive activities may help adults with chronic pain receive more support from their families, which, in turn, could reduce their risks of not adhering to pain medication treatments. Keywords: midlife, chronic pain, generativity, family support, prescribed pain medication, Chronic pain is one of the most common health issues among midlife and older adults, with 43% of those in the United States reported that they experience pain daily (Reid [...]

Objective: This study examined the differences in first‐year college students' daily change trajectories in subjective happiness, depression, anxiety, stress, and state mindfulness. Method: A 5‐day, online mindfulness‐based intervention (MI) condition and stress management (SM) condition were employed in 247 first‐year college students. Results: Students in both the MI and SM conditions displayed similar significant linear declines in anxiety and stress, but there were significant differences between the two conditions, including: (1) the MI condition showing a significant linear increase in subjective happiness compared with no change in the SM condition and (2) the SM condition showed a significant linear decrease in depression compared to no significant change in the MI condition. Conclusion: Brief online interventions—whether MI or SM—can promote better mental health and reduce psychological distress. The results also lend support for MI's differential influence on first‐year college students' happiness and SM's differential influence on their depression. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective Although past research has established that men with chronic pain are more likely to misuse prescription pain medications in a myriad of ways compared with women, little is known about men's medication use in the context of their gender role beliefs. The aim of the present study was to examine the role of men's domestic gender role beliefs on their use of prescription pain medication for chronic pain. Methods Using a nationally representative data set with 304 men with chronic pain, this study examined a longitudinal moderated mediation model in which pain interference mediates the longitudinal relationship between somatic amplification and prescription pain medication use, with domestic gender role beliefs as a moderator of the aforementioned mediated relationship. Results Results indicated a significant moderated mediation model in which pain interference fully mediated the relationship between somatic amplification and prescription pain medication use, with men's domestic gender role beliefs moderating this mediated relationship. Specifically, domestic gender role beliefs moderated the relationship between pain interference and prescription pain medication use. Men with higher levels of traditional domestic gender role beliefs strengthened the mediated relationship, contributing to increased prescription pain medication use. Conclusions These findings suggest that although men's perceptions of somatic stimuli through its perceived interference contribute to their medication use, the extent to which they consume prescription pain medication depends on their beliefs in domestic gender roles during chronic pain. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The present study examined the factor structure, reliability, and validity of the Work–Family Conflict Scale (WFCS) in a sample of 295 sexual minority employees. Factor analyses supported a two-factor oblique model, with work–family conflict manifesting as worker role interfering with the family role (WIF) and family role interfering with the worker role (FIW). We also examined the relations of the latent WIF and FIW factors with conceptually related constructs. Both WIF and FIW were significantly negatively correlated with partner support; lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender–supportive climates; job satisfaction; and life satisfaction and were significantly positively correlated with turnover intentions, anxiety, and depression. Moreover, WIF (but not FIW) was significantly negatively associated with family support and family satisfaction, whereas FIW (but not WIF) was significantly negatively associated with outness at work. The findings of the present study suggest that the WFCS—and, possibly, the construct of work–family conflict more generally—holds promise for future vocational research focused on the interface of work and family in the lives of sexual minority employees. Implications of these findings for clinical work and research with sexual minority employees are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]