RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS

MEN’S MENTAL HEALTH IN THE WORKPLACE

In partnership with B.C.’s Community Savings Credit Union, this study surveyed 451 Canadian men about their mental health and how they felt about their places of work. 


Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic: Online Help Seeking in Men

The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on men’s mental health are undeniable. Findings from this survey study of 434 Canadian men demonstrate that the repercussions on psychological well-being will likely be felt for years to come.


Publication List

2024

  • Ostergaard, S. & Ogrodniczuk, J.S. (2024). Does risk-taking or alcohol misuse mediate the association between anger and suicidal ideation in male depression? Journal of Psychiatric Research, 171, 25-29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2023.12.024
  • Sharp, P., Oliffe, J.L., Kealy, D., Rice, S.M., Seidler, Z.E., & Ogrodniczuk, J.S. (In press). Canadian men’s workplace mental health. Cogent Mental Health.

2023

  • Keum, B.T., Oliffe, J.L., Rice, S.M., Kealy, D., Seidler, Z.E., Cox, D., Levant, R.F., & Ogrodniczuk, J.S. (2023). Distress disclosure and psychological distress among men: The role of feeling understood and loneliness. Current Psychology, 42, 10533–10542. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-02163-y
  • Sharp, P., Kealy, D., Rice, S.M., Seidler, Z.E., & Oliffe, J.L., Ogrodniczuk, J.S. (2023). Existential isolation and psychological distress during COVID-19: The role of loneliness and resilient coping in Canadian help-seeking men. Journal of Affective Disorders, 324, 279-285. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2022.12.133
  • Sharp, P., Oliffe, J.L., Kealy, D., Rice, S.M., Seidler, Z.E., Ogrodniczuk, J.S. (2023). Social support boosts young men’s resilient coping to buffer psychological distress. Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 17, 784-791. https://doi.org/10.1111/eip.13371
  • Ogrodniczuk, J.S., Sivagurunathan, M., Kealy, D., Rice, S.M., Seidler, Z.E., & Oliffe, J.L. (2023). Suicidal ideation among men during COVID-19: Examining the roles of loneliness, thwarted belongingness, and personality impairment. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 64, 401–408. https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.12904.
  • Brown, T.L., Oliffe, J.L., Kealy, D., Rice, S.M., Seidler, Z.E., & Ogrodniczuk, J.S. (2023). The influence of meaning in life on psychological distress among men: A serial multiple mediation model involving resilience and loneliness. Current Research in Behavioral Sciences, 4, 100114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crbeha.2023.100114

2022

  • Seidler, Z.E., Wilson, M., Rice, S.M., Kealy, D., Oliffe, J.L. & Ogrodniczuk, J.S. (2022). Virtual connection, real support? A study of loneliness, time on social media and distress among men. International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 68, 288-293. https://doi.org/10.1177/0020764020983836.
  • Storey, Q.K., Kealy, D., Seidler, Z.E., Oliffe, J.L., Rice, S.M., & Ogrodniczuk, J.S. (2022). Connecting and healing: The role of existential isolation in mediating the impact of the therapeutic relationship on Canadian men’s mental health outcomes. American Journal of Men’s Health, 16(6), 15579883221136980. https://doi.org/10.1177/15579883221136980
  • Rice, S.M., Trail, K., Walton, C.C., Kealy, D., Seidler, Z.E., Oliffe, J.L., & Ogrodniczuk, J.S. (2022). An evaluation of the psychometric properties of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale in a sample of help-seeking men. Archives of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, 1, 22-31. https://doi.org/10.12740/APP/141731.
  • Simpson, N.J., Oliffe, J.L., Rice, S.M., Kealy, D., Seidler, Z.E., & Ogrodniczuk, J.S. (2022). Social disconnection and psychological distress in Canadian men during the COVID-19 pandemic. American Journal of Men’s Health,  https://doi.org/10.1177/15579883221078145.
  • Simard, A.A.P., Seidler, Z.E., Oliffe, J.L., Rice, S.M., Kealy, D., Walther, A., & Ogrodniczuk, J.S. (2022). Job satisfaction and psychological distress among men: Does meaning in life play a role. Behavioral Sciences, 12(3):58. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs12030058
  • Wilson, M.J., Seidler, Z.E., Oliffe, J.L., Toogood, N., Kealy, D., Ogrodniczuk, J.S., Walther, A., & Rice, S.M. (2022). “Appreciate the little things”: Exploring men’s coping strategies and mental health impacts during the COVID-19 pandemic. American Journal of Men’s Health, 16(3), 15579883221099794. https://doi.org/10.1177/15579883221099794

2021

  • Kealy, D., Rice, S.M., Seidler, Z.E., Oliffe, J.L., & Ogrodniczuk, J.S. (2021). Reflective functioning and men’s mental health: Associations with resilience and personal growth initiative. Stress & Health, 37, 706– 714. https://doi.org/10.1002/smi.3030.
  • Rice, S.M., Kealy, D., Seidler, Z.E., Walton, C.C., Oliffe, J.L., & Ogrodniczuk, J.S. (2021). Male-type depression symptoms in young men with a history of childhood sexual abuse and current hazardous alcohol use. Psychiatry Research, 304, 114110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2021.114110.

2020

  • Seidler, Z. Rice, S., Kealy, D., Oliffe, J.L., & Ogrodniczuk, J.S. (2020).  Getting them through the door: A survey of men’s facilitators for seeking mental health treatment. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 18, 1346–1351. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-019-00147-5
  • Seidler, Z. Rice, S., Kealy, D., Oliffe, J.L., & Ogrodniczuk, J.S. (2020). What gets in the way? Men’s perspectives of barriers to mental health services. International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 66, 105–110. https://doi.org/10.1177/0020764019886336
  • Rice, S.M., Kealy, D., Seidler, Z.E., Oliffe, J.L., Levant, R.F., & Ogrodniczuk, J.S. (2020). Male-type and prototypal depression trajectories for men experiencing mental health problems. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17, 7322; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17197322.
  • Ogrodniczuk, J.S., Rice, S.M., Kealy, D., Seidler, Z.E., Delara, M. & Oliffe, J.L. (2021). Psychosocial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study of online help-seeking Canadian men. Postgraduate Medicine, 133, 750-759. https://doi.org/10.1080/00325481.2021.1873027