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The well-being of individuals is influenced by their beliefs about gender roles, which are influenced by cultural factors. It is therefore important to compare links between gender role beliefs and well-being in cultures that are more or less gender equitable. This study examined links between gender role beliefs and well-being among young adults in the patriarchal culture of Pakistan and the more egalitarian culture of the United Kingdom (UK). Participants were 1141 university students aged 17–30 (mean = 21.56, SD = 2.54): 411 Pakistani women, 307 Pakistani men, 318 UK women, and 105 UK men. Analyses revealed stronger associations between gender role beliefs and well-being among respondents from Pakistan than respondents from the UK. Furthermore, whereas similar patterns of association were found among women in the two countries, the direction of some associations differed between men in Pakistan and the UK. Moderation models also highlighted variations in the links between egalitarian gender role beliefs and well-being outcomes among women and men in the two countries. Considering our results in the context of other research, there is a need to acknowledge young adults' gender identity concerns when providing, and encouraging engagement with, health care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Aims: The first aim was to explore whether university students possess the information, motivation and behavioural skills required to adhere to government guidelines for alcohol consumption expressed in “units” of alcohol. The second aim was to identify correlates of greater motivation to adhere to guidelines and greater capacity to monitor alcohol unit intake.Methods: An online questionnaire was completed by 614 university students aged 18–30 living in South-East England. Key outcome variables were motivation to adhere to unit-based guidelines and a novel measure of accuracy of estimating recent alcohol unit intake.Findings: Respondents had poor knowledge of unit-based guidelines and their motivation to adhere to them was low. Only half of the sample had the skills to accurately estimate the alcohol unit content of their recent alcohol consumption. Greater capacity to accurately estimate recent alcohol unit intake and greater motivation to adhere to unit-based guidelines were related to psychological traits of greater conscientiousness and less extraversion, greater familiarity with unit-based guidelines and more positive attitudes toward them, and more moderate alcohol use.Conclusions: Taking into consideration people's beliefs and psychological traits could increase the effectiveness of health behaviour change strategies to curb alcohol consumption. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of emotional intelligence, social support and contextual factors on the general health of infertile women. A sample of involuntarily childless women aged 25–45 living in the UK (n = 148) and Pakistan (n = 164) completed a self-administered questionnaire. Although there were no significant differences in total scores on the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ), British women reported greater anxiety, insomnia and social dysfunction, and Pakistani women reported greater depression and somatic symptoms. Important differences in putative correlates of GHQ scores were found between the samples. British women reported significantly greater emotional satisfaction, greater satisfaction with medical information, greater satisfaction with medical care, and greater actual received support Pakistani women reported greater emotional intelligence. Regression analysis to identify correlates of higher GHQ scores revealed that greater received social support was a common correlate of better GHQ scores among British and Pakistani women. Additional correlates of better GHQ scores among British women were greater emotional intelligence and more emotional satisfaction in their relationships (overallR2= 0.41). Additional correlates among Pakistani women were greater education, greater perceived available social support and a nuclear family system rather than an extended family (overallR2=0. 40). Results suggest that psychological facets of infertility should be addressed as part of a holistic approach to the care of infertile women. They highlight a need to improve social support and to incorporate emotional intelligence training in therapeutic interventions to improve the psychological well-being of infertile women. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]