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We developed the Relationships Fostering Healthy Masculinities Scale, which assesses boys’ and men’s experience in relationships that reject hegemonic masculinity and promote healthy masculinities. In the study, we report confirmatory factor analyses for its theoretically derived 6-factor structure, as well as evidence for its criterion validity and measure invariance. The construct emerges from relational-cultural theory, framing socialization toward the culturally-dominant definition in the U.S. of hegemonic masculinity and growth toward healthy ways of being men, as occurring through interpersonal experiences. We surveyed 300 male-identifying individuals across age, race, and sexual orientation in the U.S.
Interventions in war affected groups may target a singular condition, such as depression, few cost effective trans diagnostic interventions exist to address multi symptomatic presentations that can cause major impairments in school and community functioning. This project is a stabilization and skills focused intervention that integrates elements from cognitive-behavioral therapy and group interpersonal therapy to address co-occurring mental health symptoms that these youth experience.