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  • 2011 - APA Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Applied Research
  • 1986 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Ronald F. Levant is affiliated with the University of Akron in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on social sciences with significant contributions to gender studies, sociology and political science, clinical psychology, social psychology, and health. Within these fields, Levant concentrates on topics related to gender roles and identity studies, social and intergroup psychology, gender, feminism, and media, behavioral health and interventions, sex and gender in healthcare, adolescent sexual and reproductive health, and racial and ethnic identity research.

Levant has published extensively, with notable papers including:

  • Development and evaluation of a new short form of the Conformity to Masculine Norms Inventory (CMNI-30), 2020, Journal of Counseling Psychology
  • Male-Type and Prototypal Depression Trajectories for Men Experiencing Mental Health Problems, 2020, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Distress disclosure and psychological distress among men: the role of feeling understood and loneliness, 2021, Current Psychology
  • Masculinity Barriers to Ever Completing Colorectal Cancer Screening among American Indian/Alaska Native, Black, and White Men (Ages 45-75), 2022, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Extending the gender role strain paradigm to account for U.S. males' gun violence., 2022, Psychology of Men & Masculinity

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Levant include Ryon C. McDermott, Ginelle Wolfe, Nicholas C. Borgogna, Daniel K. McKelvey, and Mike C. Parent.

Levant's research has been published repeatedly in venues such as Psychology of Men & Masculinity, PsycTESTS Dataset, The Journal of Men's Studies, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, and Gender Issues.

Their body of work has been recognized with professional distinctions, including the APA Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Applied Research in 2011 and being named a Fellow of the American Psychological Association in 1986.

Best Publications

  • The new psychology of men.

    Ronald F. Levant

  • Evidence-based practices in mental health : debate and dialogue on the fundamental questions

    John C. Norcross;Larry E. Beutler;Ronald F. Levant

  • A review of research on masculinity ideologies using the Male Role Norms Inventory.

    Ronald F. Levant;Katherine Richmond

  • A New Psychology Of Men

    Ronald F. Levant;William S. Pollack

  • Impact of Gender Role Conflict, Traditional Masculinity Ideology, Alexithymia, and Age on Men's Attitudes Toward Psychological Help Seeking.

    Jill M. Berger;Ronald F. Levant;Katharine Kaye McMillan;William Kelleher

  • Gender differences in alexithymia.

    Ronald F. Levant;Rosalie J. Hall;Christine M. Williams;Nadia T. Hasan

  • Toward the reconstruction of masculinity

    Ronald F. Levant

  • The male role: An investigation of contemporary norms.

    Ronald F. Levant;Linda S. Hirsch;Elizabeth Celentano;Tracy M. Cozza

  • A model of fathers' behavioral involvement in child care in dual-earner families

    Jennifer F. Bonney;Michelle L. Kelley;Ronald F. Levant

  • Research in the psychology of men and masculinity using the gender role strain paradigm as a framework.

    Ronald F. Levant

  • Masculinity Reconstructed: Changing the Rules of Manhood-at Work, in Relationships, and in Family Life

    Ted Bowman;Ronald F. Levant

  • Desperately seeking language: Understanding, assessing, and treating normative male alexithymia.

    Ronald F. Levant

  • A multicultural investigation of masculinity ideology and alexithymia.

    Ronald F. Levant;Katherine Richmond;Richard G. Majors;Jaime E. Inclan

  • Male Role Norms Inventory--Short Form (MRNI-SF): Development, Confirmatory Factor Analytic Investigation of Structure, and Measurement Invariance across Gender.

    Ronald F. Levant;Rosalie J. Hall;Thomas J. Rankin

  • Initial Validation of the Male Role Norms Inventory-Revised (MRNI-R):

    Ronald F. Levant;K. Bryant Smalley;Maryse Aupont;A. Tanner House

  • Contemporary fathers reconstructing masculinity: Clinical implications of gender role strain

    Louise B. Silverstein;Carl F. Auerbach;Ronald F. Levant

  • Evaluation of the factor structure and construct validity of scores on the Male Role Norms Inventory—Revised (MRNI-R).

    Ronald F. Levant;Thomas J. Rankin;Christine M. Williams;Nadia T. Hasan

  • New psychotherapy for men.

    William S. Pollack;Ronald F. Levant

  • Professional Issues in Pharmacotherapy for Psychologists

    Robert E. Mcgrath;Jack G. Wiggins;Morgan T. Sammons;Ronald F. Levant

  • A meta-analysis of the effects of parent effectiveness training

    Bruce Cedar;Ronald F. Levant

Frequent Co-Authors

Y. Joel Wong
Y. Joel Wong Indiana University
Glenn E. Good
Glenn E. Good University of Missouri
Geoffrey M. Reed
Geoffrey M. Reed Columbia University
Michelle L. Kelley
Michelle L. Kelley Old Dominion University
James R. Mahalik
James R. Mahalik Boston College
Howard A. Liddle
Howard A. Liddle University of Miami
Martin Heesacker
Martin Heesacker University of Florida
James H. Bray
James H. Bray The University of Texas at San Antonio
John A. Fairbank
John A. Fairbank Duke University
Martin E. P. Seligman
Martin E. P. Seligman University of Pennsylvania

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