Emerging adulthood is associated with several freedoms and opportunities, but is also a period of increased risk for several physical and mental health conditions. This study assessed the association between adherence to traditional masculine norms at baseline and incident depression and incident depressive symptoms at follow-up in a national sample of Australian emerging adult men (18–29 years). We performed binary logistic regressions based on two waves of data from a national longitudinal survey, Ten to Men: The Australian Longitudinal Study on Male Health. The sample comprised 2170 emerging adult men who completed both the Wave 1 (2013–2014) and Wave 2 (2015–2016) surveys. Results indicated that adhering to multidimensional hegemonic masculine norms at baseline did not confer risk for developing either incident Major Depression or incident depressive symptoms at follow-up, except for adhering to ‘playboy’ (e.g., desire for multiple sexual partners). These findings conflict with previous reports showing that hegemonic masculinity is associated with depression and depressive symptoms, and suggest that the assumption that adhering to traditional masculine norms places men at greater risk for depression should be questioned, at least during the emerging adult stage of the lifespan.

新兴的成年期会带来一些自由和机会，但同时也会增加一些身体和精神健康状况的风险。这项研究评估了澳大利亚新兴成年男性（18-29岁）的全国样本中基线时遵循传统的男性规范与事件后抑郁和事件抑郁症状之间的相关性。我们基于一次全国纵向调查的两次数据浪潮进行了二项逻辑回归，《十对男人：澳大利亚男性健康纵向研究》。该样本包括2170名完成第1浪（2013-2014年）和第2浪（2015-2016年）调查的新兴成年男性。结果表明，除了坚持“花花公子”（例如，渴望有多个性伴侣）外，在基线时遵循多维霸权男性规范不会给患上继发严重抑郁或突发抑郁症状的风险。这些发现与先前的报道表明，霸权男性气质与抑郁和抑郁症状有关，并建议至少在生命的成年阶段，对坚持传统男性规范会使男性更容易遭受抑郁的假设提出质疑。 。