We just had the International Men’s Day this November, but issues that affect men happen all year round. That’s why we need a steady flow of initiatives. In line with this, Psychreg Journal of Psychology (PJP), the open-access initiative of Psychreg, published a special issue on male psychology which was guest-edited by Dr John A. Barry.

Masculinity is frequently talked about in contemporary Western media as being in crisis, needing reform or even being ‘toxic’. However, no research to date has assessed the impact that this pervasive narrative might be having on people, particularly men themselves

Abstract. In recent years, psychologists have applied some of the ideas from positive psychology to the study of masculinity in order to find out what factors contribute to men’s mental health. This line of research acts as a counterbalance to research that began in the 1990s which focused mainly on problems related to masculinity.

Objective. There is some evidence that men and women deal with stress in different ways; for example, a meta-analysis found that women prefer to focus on emotions as a coping strategy more than men do. However, sex differences in preferences for therapy is a subject little explored.