Significance of traditional masculinity for the prediction of injuries and accidents in male adolescents

doctoral thesis

• Title (croatian): Značenje tradicionalne maskulinosti u predviđanju ozljeda i nesreća adolescenata muškog spola
• Author: Natko Gereš
• Mentor: Aida Mujkić (mentor)
• Mentor: Pamela Loretto Orpinas (komentor)
• Committee member: nije dostupno (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; School of Medicine; Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2019-12-16, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: BIOMEDICINE AND HEALTHCARE; Public Health and Health Care
• Universal decimal classification (UDC): 61 - Medical sciences

Abstract

Ponašanja mladića vezana uz zdravlje dio su mreže rodno uvjetovanih odnosa i struktura u
društvu. Ova ponašanja povisuju rizik ozljeda. Štetne percepcije maskulinosti mogu povećati
(nepotrebnu) ranjivost mladića i kao i njihov morbiditet i mortalitet.
U ovoj presječnoj studiji s preko 2000 učenika iz različitih škola u gradu Zagrebu analizirana
je povezanost izraženih stavova prema tradicionalnoj maskulinosti s osobnim i okolišnim
faktorima, ponašanjima koja predstavljaju rizik za zdravlje i ozljedama kod učenika srednjih
škola. Korištena je hrvatska verzija upitnika Male Role Norm Inventory-Adolescent-revised
(MRNI-A-r) kako bi se analizirale norme vezane uz tradicionalnu maskulinost i vjerovanja o
ponašanjima primjerenim za dječake adolescentne dobi.
Snažnije podržavanje tradicionalnih normi maskulinosti bilo je povezano s ponašanjima koje
mogu dovesti do ozljeda i smrti: korištenjem alkohola i droge, tučnjavom i nošenjem oružja i
nedostatkom zaštitnog ponašanja u prometu. Istraživanjem nije demonstrirana povezanost
viših rezultata na instrumentu MRNI-A-r s najprevalentnijim događajima vezanim uz ozljede.
Podržavanje normi tradicionalne maskulinosti može se koristiti za bolje prepoznavanje
mladića koji su pod najvećim rizikom od upuštanje u ponašanja koja predstavljanju rizik za
zdravlje. Moguće je da promjena načina kako adolescenti podržavaju norme tradicionalne ima
potencijal za smanjenje učestalosti ponašanja koja predstavljaju rizik za zdravlje kod mladih u
Hrvatskoj.

Abstract (croatian)

Young men's health-related behaviors are part of a network of gendered relations and
structures in the society. These behaviors increase the risk from injuries. Harmful notions of
masculinity may increase the (needless) vulnerability of young men and increase their
morbidity and mortality.
The association between expressed attitudes toward traditional masculinity norms and
personal and environmental factors, health-risk behaviors, and injuries among high school
students was analyzed in this cross-sectional study with a sample of over 2000 students from
diverse schools in Zagreb. The Croatian version of the Male Role Norm Inventory-
Adolescent-revised (MRNI-A-r) was used to analyze traditional masculinity norms and beliefs
about appropriate behavior for adolescent boys.
The greater endorsement of traditional masculinity norms was associated with behaviors that
may lead to injuries and deaths: alcohol and drug use, fighting and weapon carrying and lack
of traffic protection. This research failed to demonstrate that greater scores on the MRNI-A-r
scale were associated with the most prevalent injury events.
The endorsement of traditional masculinity norms may help identify young men more likely
to be involved in behaviors that have the potential to cause injuries and death. Changing how
male adolescents endorse traditional masculinity may have the potential of reducing health
risk behaviors of youth in Croatia.

• Keywords: medicine
• Keywords (croatian): medicina
• Language: english
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:105:601921
• Study programme: Title: Biomedicine and Health Sciences; Study programme type: university; Study level: postgraduate; Academic / professional title: doktor/doktorica znanosti, područje biomedicine i zdravstva (doktor/doktorica znanosti, područje biomedicine i zdravstva)
• Type of resource: Text
• Extent: 76 str.
• File origin: Born digital
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2023-05-05 08:40:41