Michael Addis

Professor, Psychology

Dr. Addis is currently interested in theory and research related to men’s mental health. In his work he focuses on links between the social learning and social construction of masculinity, and the way men experience, express, and respond to problems in their lives. Dr. Addis is a past recipient of the New Researcher Award from the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy and the David Shakow Early Career Award for Contributions to the Science and Practice of Clinical Psychology from the American Psychological Association. He is past President-Elect of the Society for the Psychological Study of Men and Masculinity, Division 51 of the American Psychological Association.

Degrees

  • Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, University of Washington, 1995
  • B.A. in Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, 1987

Affiliated Department

Psychology

Scholarly and creative works

  • Article in Refereed Journal

    Policing of Masculinity Scale (POMS) and Pressures Boys Experience to Prove and Defend their Manhood

    Published in Psychology of Men and Masculinities
    2021
    Vol. 22
    Issue #2
    Michael E. Addis
  • Article in Refereed Journal

    Dilemmas of Agency and Blame in Men’s Talk about Depression

    Published in Psychology of Men and Masculinity
    2021
    Michael E. Addis
  • Article in Refereed Journal

    Book Review: Is masculinity toxic? A primer for the 21st century

    Published in Psychology of Women Quarterly
    2020/05/26
    2020
    Michael E. Addis, Emma Kironde
  • Article in Refereed Journal

    Reconstructing and/or Deconstructing Masculinity: Commentary on the case of ‘Tommy’

    Published in Pragmatic Case Studies in Psychotherapy
    2020
    Michael E. Addis
  • Article in Refereed Journal

    Traditional masculinity ideology and diagnostic aversion predict symptom expression in a community sample of distressed men

    Published in Sex Roles: A Journal of Research
    2020/06//
    2020
    Vol. 82
    Issue #11-12
    Jonathan D. Jampel, Douglas Gazarian, Michael E. Addis, Ethan Hoffman
  • Book

    The Psychology of Men in Context

    2019
    M. E. Addis, E. Hoffman
  • Presentations

    Change in traditional masculinity ideology: Evaluation of the critical awareness of masculinity scale

    American Psychological Association
    Chicago, IL
    2019
    Michael E. Addis, Andrew L Stewart
  • Presentations

    Critical awareness of masculinity and protesting sexual assault among men

    Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues
    San Diego, CA, USA
    2019
    Andrew L Stewart, Michael E. Addis