ON GENDER-ROLE CONFLICT IN MEN - FUTURE-DIRECTIONS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR COUNSELING - COMMENT ON GOOD ET-AL (1995) AND COURNOYER AND MAHALIK(1995)

Fifteen years of research on gender role conflict indicate it has been a fruitful construct in counseling psychology. G.E. Good, J. M. Rober tson, J.M. O'Neil, L. F. Fitzgerald, M. Stevens, K. A. Debord, K. M. B artels, and D. B. Braverman (1995) and R. J. Cournoyer and J. R. Mahal ik (1995) add to the empirical knowledge and are certain to stimulate thinking in this area. In this comment, issues related to (a) psycholo gical maladjustment, (b) test development, (c) life span development, and (d) practice implications are discussed. Although clear progress i s being made, much more is unknown about how gender-related variables positively and negatively affect male development and, subsequently, t he practice of counseling psychology.