Abstract
The purpose of this study is to examine the mediating effect of emotional clarity on the effect of gender role conflict on professional help-seeking among middle-aged men and to test the moderating effect of psychological flexibility on this mediating effect. For this purpose, data from 272 middle-aged men aged 40-59 from across the country were analyzed. The results showed that, first, there were significant correlations among the main variables; second, the effect of gender role conflict on professional help seeking was partially mediated by emotional clarity. Third, psychological flexibility moderated the effect of gender role conflict on emotional clarity. Fourth, psychological flexibility moderated the effect of gender role conflict on professional help-seeking via emotional clarity in middle-aged men. The findings suggest that measures to help middle-aged men recognize their emotions clearly and promote psychological flexibility may be helpful in situations where high gender role conflict prevents them from professional help seeking.
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