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John L. Oliffe is a researcher affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada, whose work primarily spans the social sciences and psychology. With a considerable number of publications distributed across related subfields, Oliffe's research addresses various dimensions of health, psychology, and gender studies.

The primary fields of study for Oliffe include Social Sciences with 130 publications and Psychology with 112 publications. Within these broader fields, key subfields of focus include Gender Studies, Clinical Psychology, General Health Professions, Sociology and Political Science, and Social Psychology.

Oliffe's work extensively covers important research topics such as Gender Roles and Identity Studies, Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health, LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy, Physical Activity and Health, Attachment and Relationship Dynamics, Eating Disorders and Behaviors, and Suicide and Self-Harm Studies.

Among Oliffe's recent papers are:

  • "Zoom Interviews: Benefits and Concessions" (2021) published in International Journal of Qualitative Methods
  • "Psychosocial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study of online help-seeking Canadian men" (2021) published in Postgraduate Medicine

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Oliffe include Simon Rice, Zac E. Seidler, John S. Ogrodniczuk, David Kealy, and Paul Sharp, with varying levels of joint publications from 27 up to 53.

The researcher's work is commonly published in venues such as the American Journal of Men's Health, Qualitative Health Research, SSM - Qualitative Research in Health, Sociology of Health & Illness, and Health Promotion International.

Best Publications

  • The role of masculinity in men's help-seeking for depression: A systematic review.

    Zac E Seidler;Alexei J Dawes;Simon M Rice;John L Oliffe

  • Health, Illness, Men and Masculinities (HIMM): a theoretical framework for understanding men and their health

    Joan Evans;Blye Frank;John L. Oliffe;David Gregory

  • Further Than the Eye Can See? Photo Elicitation and Research With Men

    John L. Oliffe;Joan L. Bottorff

  • Men, depression and masculinities: A review and recommendations

    John L. Oliffe;Melanie J. Phillips

  • Constructions of masculinity following prostatectomy-induced impotence

    John Oliffe

  • Men's discourses of help-seeking in the context of depression.

    Joy L. Johnson;John L. Oliffe;Mary T. Kelly;Paul Galdas

  • Zoom Interviews: Benefits and Concessions

    John L. Oliffe;Mary T. Kelly;Gabriela Gonzalez Montaner;Wellam F. Yu Ko

  • “You feel like you can’t live anymore”: Suicide from the perspectives of Canadian men who experience depression

    John L. Oliffe;John S. Ogrodniczuk;Joan L. Bottorff;Joy L. Johnson

  • Theorising masculinities and men’s health: A brief history with a view to practice

    Genevieve Creighton;John L Oliffe

  • Perceptions of cannabis as a stigmatized medicine : A qualitative descriptive study

    Joan L Bottorff;Laura J L Bissell;Lynda G Balneaves;John L Oliffe

  • Embodied masculinity and androgen deprivation therapy.

    John Oliffe

  • Engaging Men in Psychological Treatment: A Scoping Review.

    Zac E Seidler;Simon M Rice;John S Ogrodniczuk;John L Oliffe

  • Men interviewing men about health and illness: ten lessons learned

    John Oliffe;Lawrence Mróz

  • Stigma in male depression and suicide: A Canadian sex comparison study.

    John L. Oliffe;John S. Ogrodniczuk;Susan J. Gordon;Genevieve Creighton

  • Nursing instructors’ and male nursing students’ perceptions of undergraduate, classroom nursing education

    Jeff M. Dyck;John Oliffe;Alison Phinney;Bernie Garrett

  • Short version of the Smartphone Addiction Scale in Chinese adults: Psychometric properties, sociodemographic, and health behavioral correlates

    Tzu Tsun Luk;Man Ping Wang;Chen Shen;Alice Wan

  • Men’s Mental Health Services: The Case for a Masculinities Model:

    Zac E. Seidler;Simon M. Rice;Jo River;John L. Oliffe

  • Men’s Depression and Suicide

    John L Oliffe;Emma Rossnagel;Zac E Seidler;David Kealy

  • Photovoice in mental illness research: A review and recommendations

    Christina S Han;John L Oliffe

  • Analyzing participant produced photographs from an ethnographic study of fatherhood and smoking.

    J. L. Oliffe;Joan Lorraine Bottorff;Michelle Kelly;M. Halpin

  • Connecting humor, health, and masculinities at prostate cancer support groups.

    John L. Oliffe;John Ogrodniczuk;Joan Lorraine Bottorff;T. Gregory Hislop

  • Health Behaviors, Prostate Cancer, and Masculinities A Life Course Perspective

    John Oliffe

  • Communicating shared decision-making: cancer patient perspectives.

    Sally Thorne;John L. Oliffe;Kelli I. Stajduhar

Frequent Co-Authors

Joan L. Bottorff
Joan L. Bottorff University of British Columbia
John S. Ogrodniczuk
John S. Ogrodniczuk University of British Columbia
Simon M Rice
Simon M Rice University of Melbourne
Joy L. Johnson
Joy L. Johnson Simon Fraser University
Suzanne K. Chambers
Suzanne K. Chambers University of Technology Sydney
Alex Broom
Alex Broom University of Sydney
Jeff Dunn
Jeff Dunn University of Southern Queensland
Sally Thorne
Sally Thorne University of British Columbia
Elizabeth M. Saewyc
Elizabeth M. Saewyc University of British Columbia
Jean Shoveller
Jean Shoveller University of British Columbia

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