Men's Mental Well-being Predictors

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This study comes from University College London - Department of Behavioural Science and Health.

It talks about the Strongest Predictors of Men’s Mental Well-Being.

What is it?

This paper describes two surveys – one of 2,000 men in the UK in 2017, and another of 5,000 men in the US in 2018 – which assessed core values and well-being. The main outcome measured was mental well-being, using the Positive Mindset Index (PMI).

The surveys were conducted online and were analysed using multiple linear regression.

Both surveys found that men typically aspire to moral values such as honesty and reliability more than physical values such as fitness and being athletic.

Men’s mental health: often an underrated topic.

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What do I need to know?

In both surveys, taking other variables into account, the strongest predictor by far of mental positivity was,

1. Job satisfaction (β = 0.49, p < .0000000001 in the UK, and β = 0.35, p <. 01–85 in the US).

2. Relationship stability was the second strongest predictor of PMI in the UK (β = 0.12, p < .000000001)

3. Marriage was the fifth strongest predictor in the US (β = 0.07, p < .0005).

4. Valuing one’s health was another strong predictor of PMI in both surveys (β = 0.12, p < .000006 in the UK, and β = 0.17, p <.02–9 in the US).

References & Studies: -

1. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3818568