Man up

This study adopted a discursive approach to explore how not drinking alcohol (non-drinking) is construed in relation to masculine identity among 12 undergraduate interviewees. Three prominent discourses were revealed. First, non-drinking was constructed as something strange requiring explanation. Second, contradictory discourses constructed non-drinking as, simultaneously, unsociable yet reflective of greater sociability. Third, non-drinking was constructed as something which has greater negative social consequences for men than for women. Opportunities for challenging traditional gender role expectations are considered

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  Jason S Spendelow•Psychology of Men & Masculinity•2015

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• Non-Drinkers’ Experiences of Drinking Occasions

  Open Access•Anu Katainen, Janne Härkönen et al.•Substance Use & Misuse•2022

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• Defending, contesting and rejecting formal drinker categories

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• Women, health and alcohol at midlife

  Open Access•Kate Kersey, Fiona Hutton et al.•Psychology & Health•2026

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• The ‘sober eye’

  Christopher Cheers, Sarah Callinan et al.•Psychology & Health•2021

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• Very small effects of an imagery-based randomised trial to promote adherence to wearing face coverings during the Covid-19 pandemic and identification of future intervention targets

  Dominic Conroy, Debbie Smith et al.•Psychology & Health•2023

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• A season-long case study examining alcohol use and misuse in Canadian junior hockey

  Jonathan Roy, Martin Camiré•Qualitative Research in Sport and…•2017

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• Negative Experiences of Non-Drinking College Students in Great Britain

  Open Access•Lisa Jacobs, Dominic Conroy et al.•International Journal of Mental…•2017

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• Wide-Ranging Responses to Temporary Abstinence Challenges Among UK-Based Heavier Drinkers

  Open Access•Dominic Conroy, Ashlea Bartram•Qualitative Health Research•2026

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• Association of exposure to the temporary abstinence campaign ‘Tournée Minérale’ with alcohol consumption among male and female participants

  Open Access•Annelies Thienpondt, Benedicte Deforche et al.•International Journal of Drug…•2025

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• Legitimizing and negotiating abstinence

  Open Access•Vibeke Asmussen Frank, Maria Dich Herold et al.•International Journal of Drug…•2020

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• I feel like I have to become part of that identity’

  Open Access•Emily Nicholls•International Journal of Drug…•2020

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• Drinker’s own drinking, experience of alcohol-related harms, and concern for drinking predict drinker’s attitudes towards non-drinkers

  Open Access•Christopher Cheers, Amy Pennay et al.•Psychology & Health•2026

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• Young people and alcohol abstention

  Adele Pavlidis, Anni Ojajarvi et al.•Journal of Youth Studies•2019

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• When I came to university, that’s when the real shift came’

  Open Access•Laura Fenton, Hannah Fairbrother et al.•Journal of Youth Studies•2023

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• Just choose the easy option’

  Julie Hepworth, Chris Mcvittie et al.•Journal of Youth Studies•2015

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• There’s Something Wrong with You’

  Open Access•Supski, J Lindsay•Young•2016

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• I Just Don’t Drink’

  Open Access•Nicola Rahman, Ernesta Sofija et al.•Young•2022

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• Doing gender, doing alcohol

  Open Access•Emeka Wilfred Dumbili•Social Science & Medicine•2022

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• Development and Validation of the Cheers Attitudes towards Non-drinkers Scale (Cans)

  Open Access•Christopher Cheers, Amy Pennay et al.•Journal of Health Psychology•2024

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• The importance of authenticity for student non-drinkers

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• Alcohol use by Athletes

  Open Access•Marc Harris, Carwyn Jones et al.•Journal of Sport and Social Issues•2023

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• Identity Refusal

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• Still a Man’s World

  Christine L Williams•Still a Man's World•1995

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• Healthy masculinities? How ostensibly healthy men talk about lifestyle, health and gender

  Claire Sloan, Brendan Gough et al.•Psychology & Health•2010

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• Evidence for a closing gender gap in alcohol use, abuse, and dependence in the United States population

  Open Access•Katherine M Keyes, Bridget F Grant et al.•Drug and Alcohol Dependence•2008

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• ‘That's OK. He's a guy’

  Richard O De Visser, Elizabeth J Mcdonnell et al.•Psychology & Health•2012

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• Alcohol consumption and masculine identity among young men

  Richard O De Visser, Jonathan A Smith•Psychology & Health•2007

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• ‘Dude, You’re a Fag’

  Open Access•C J Pascoe•Sexualities•2005

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• Changes in undergraduate student alcohol consumption as they progress through university

  Open Access•Bridgette M Bewick, B Mulhern et al.•BMC Public Health•2008

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• Urban safety, anti-social behaviour and the night-time economy’

  Open Access•Adam Crawford, John Flint•Criminology & Criminal Justice•2009

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• Consuming Male Identities

  Open Access•Sara Willott, Antonia Lyons•Journal of Community & Applied…•2011

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• Negotiating Hegemonic Masculinity

  Open Access•Margaret Wetherell, Nigel Edley•Feminism & Psychology•1999

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• College Alcohol Use and the Embodiment of Hegemonic Masculinity among European American Men

  Open Access•Robert L Peralta•Sex Roles•2007

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• Alcohol Consumption, Gender Identities and Women’s Changing Social Positions

  Open Access•Antonia Lyons, Antonia C Lyons et al.•Sex Roles•2008

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• Recovering the feminine other

  Open Access•Mimi Schippers•Theory and Society•2007

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• Precarious manhood

  Joseph A Vandello, Jennifer K Bosson et al.•Journal of Personality and Social…•2008

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• Natural' and `contrived' data

  Open Access•Susan Speer, Susan A Speer•Discourse Studies•2002

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• That's not masculine

  Open Access•Richard O De Visser, Jonathan A Smith et al.•Journal of Health Psychology•2009

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• Masculinity and perceived normative health behaviors as predictors of men's health behaviors

  Open Access•James R Mahalik, Shaun Michael Burns et al.•Social Science & Medicine•2007

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• Constructions of masculinity and their influence on men's well-being

  Open Access•Will H Courtenay, Will Courtenay•Social Science & Medicine•2000

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• Binge-drinking in Britain as a Social and Cultural Phenomenon

  Open Access•Anna Van Wersch, Wendy Walker•Journal of Health Psychology•2009

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• The Beer Talking

  Open Access•Brendan Gough, Gareth Edwards•The Sociological Review•1998

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• Doing Gender

  Open Access•Candace West, Don H Zimmerman•Gender & Society•1987

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• Hegemonic Masculinity

  Open Access•R Connell, R W Connell et al.•Gender & Society•2005

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• The Gender Structure of Adolescent Peer Influence on Drinking

  Open Access•Monica Gaughan•Journal of Health and Social…•2006

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• Older and wiser? Men's and women's accounts of drinking in early mid-life

  Open Access•Carol Emslie, Kate Hunt et al.•Sociology of Health & Illness•2012

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