Leeds Beckett University - City Campus,
Woodhouse Lane,
LS1 3HE
Professor Brendan Gough
Director of Research
Professor Gough is a Critical Social Psychologist and qualitative researcher interested in men and masculinities. He has published many papers on gender identities and relations, mostly in the context of health, lifestyles and well being.
Professor Gough is co-founder and co-editor of the journal Qualitative Research in Psychology; he edits the Critical Psychology section and is co-Editor-in-Chief of the journal Social & Personality Psychology Compass, and is associate editor for the journal Psychology of Men and Masculinity. He was awarded a fellowship of the Academy of Social Sciences in 2016.
He has co-authored/edited three books in the areas of critical social psychology (with McFadden, McDonald: 2001/2013), reflexivity in qualitative research (with Finlay: 2003), and men's health (with Robertson: 2009). He has put together a five-volume major work on qualitative research in psychology (Sage: 2014), co-edited a book on chemically modified bodies (substance use for appearance purposes; with Hall, Grogan: 2016), and edited a new handbook of critical social psychology (Palgrave: 2017). His latest, sole-authored book cam eout in 2018: Contemporary Masculinities: Embodiment, Emotion and Wellbeing (Palgrave).
Current Teaching
Brendan teaches qualitative research methods to MSc Psychology students and supervises student projects at BSc and MSc level.
Research Interests
Current projects include men’s experiences of infertility, men’s accounts of mental health issues, and men’s grooming and appearance-related practices.
Ask Me About
- Gender
- Men's Health
- Body Image
- Depression
Selected Outputs
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Gough B (In press) The psychology of men's health: Maximizing masculine capital. Health Psychology, 32 (1), pp. 1-4.
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Gough B; Deatrick JA (In press) Qualitative health psychology research: Diversity, power, and impact. Health Psychology, 34 (4), pp. 289-292.
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Hanna ES; Gough B (In press) Men’s accounts of infertility within their intimate partner relationships: an analysis of online forum discussions. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology
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Milnes K; Turner-Moore T; Gough B (2021) Towards a culturally situated understanding of bullying: viewing young people’s talk about peer relationships through the lens of consent. Journal of Youth Studies, pp. 1-19.
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Gough B; Robertson S; Luck H (2021) Engendered Expressions of Anxiety: Men’s Emotional Communications With Women and Other Men. Frontiers in Sociology, 6
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Hanna E; Gough B (2021) Male infertility as relational: an analysis of men’s reported encounters with family members and friends in the context of delayed conception. Families, Relationships and Societies, 10 (1), pp. 51-65.
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Seymour-Smith S; Gough B; Matthews CR; Rutherford Z (2020) Food assessment: a discursive analysis of diet talk in interviews with older men who are obese. Psychology and Health
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Gough B; Madden M; Morris S; Atkin K; McCambridge J (2020) How do older people normalise their drinking? : An analysis of interviewee accounts. Appetite, 146
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Hanna E; Gough B; Markham S (2020) Masculinities in the construction industry: A double-edged sword for health and wellbeing?. Gender, Work and Organization
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Hanna E; Gough B (2019) The social construction of male infertility: a qualitative questionnaire study of men with a male factor infertility diagnosis. Sociology of Health and Illness
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Gough B; Milnes K; Turner-Moore T (2019) Young masculinities across five European countries: performing under pressure. Journal of Youth Studies
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Prodgers L; Gough B (2019) The invisible paradox of inflammatory bowel disease: An analysis of men's blogs. Journal of Health Psychology, pp. 1359105319884595-1359105319884595.
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Jankowski G; Gough B; Fawkner H; Halliwell E; Diedrichs P (2018) Young men’s minimisation of their body dissatisfaction. Psychology and Health
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Hanna ES; Gough B (2018) Searching for help online: An analysis of peer-to-peer posts on a male-only infertility forum. Journal of Health Psychology, 23 (7), pp. 917-928.
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Hanna ES; Gough B; Hudson N (2018) Fit to father? Online accounts of lifestyle changes and help-seeking on a male infertility board. Sociology of Health and Illness, 40 (6), pp. 937-953.
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McDonald M; Gough B; Wearing S; Deville A (2017) Social Psychology, Consumer Culture and Neoliberal Political Economy. Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, 47 (3), pp. 363-379.
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Gough B (2016) Reflexivity in qualitative psychological research. Journal of Positive Psychology, pp. 1-2.
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Hanna ES; gough B (2016) Men's emotions and support needs in relation to infertility. Journal of Fertility Counselling, 23 (3), pp. 14-16.
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Robertson S; Gough B; Hanna E; Raine G; Robinson RM; Seims A; White A (2016) Successful mental health promotion with men: evidence from 'tacit knowledge'. Health Promotion International, 33 (2), pp. 334-344.
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Hanna ES; Gough B (2016) Emoting infertility online: A qualitative analysis of men's forum posts. Health
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Gough B (2016) Men's Depression Talk Online: A Qualitative Analysis of Accountability and Authenticity in Help-Seeking and Support Formulations. Psychology of Men and Masculinity, 17 (2), pp. 156-164.
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Gough B; Seymour-Smith S; Matthews CR (2016) Body dissatisfaction, appearance investment, and wellbeing: How older obese Men orient to "aesthetic health". Psychology of Men and Masculinity, 17 (1), pp. 84-91.
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Jankowski G; Braybrook DE; Gough B; Robertson S (2015) New Perspectives on the Maturing Field of Men’s Health: Introduction to a Special Conference Issue. International Journal of Men's Health, 14 (3),
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Hanna ES; Gough B (2015) Experiencing Male Infertility: A Review of the Qualitative Research Literature. SAGE Open
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Gough B; Lyons A (2015) The Future of Qualitative Research in Psychology: Accentuating the Positive. Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science, 50 (2), pp. 234-243.
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Hall M; Grogan S; Gough B (2015) Bodybuilders' accounts of synthol use: The construction of lay expertise online. Journal of Health Psychology, 21 (9), pp. 1939-1948.
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Hall M; Grogan S; Gough B (2014) ‘It is safe to use if you are healthy’: A discursive analysis of men’s online accounts of ephedrine use. Psychology and Health, 30 (7), pp. 770-782.
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Rutherford Z; Gough B; Seymour-Smith S; Matthews C; Wilcox J; Parnell D; Pringle AR (2014) ‘Motivate’: the effect of a football in the community delivered weight loss programme on over 35 year old men and women’s cardiovascular risk factors. Soccer and Society, 15 (6), pp. 951-969.
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Beestin L; Hugh-Jones S; Gough B (2014) The impact of maternal postnatal depression on men and their ways of fathering: an interpretative phenomenological analysis. Psychology and Health, 29 (6), pp. 717-735.
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Stead M; Jones L; Docherty G; Gough B; Antoniak M; McNeill A (2013) ‘No-one actually goes to a shop and buys them do they?’: attitudes and behaviours regarding illicit tobacco in a multiply disadvantaged community in England. Addiction, 108 (12), pp. 2212-2219.
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Bennett E; Gough B (2013) In pursuit of leanness: The management of appearance, affect and masculinities within a men’s weight loss forum. Health: An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health, Illness and Medicine, 17 (3), pp. 284-299.
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Hall M; Gough B; Seymour-Smith S (2013) Stake Management in Men's Online Cosmetics Testimonials. Psychology & Marketing, 30 (3), pp. 227-235.
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Gough B; Antoniak M; Docherty G; Jones L; Stead M; McNeill A (2013) Smoking, self-regulation and moral positioning: A focus group study with British smokers from a disadvantaged community. Psychology and Health, 28 (10), pp. 1171-1191.
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O'Hara L; Gough B; Seymour-Smith S; Watts S (2013) 'It's not a disease, it's a nuisance': Controlling diabetes and achieving goals in the context of men with Type 1 diabetes. Psychology and Health
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Gough B; Madill, A. (2012) Subjectivity in psychological science: from problem to prospect. Psychological Methods, 17 (3), pp. 374-384.
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Hall, M; Gough B; Seymour-Smith, S (2012) ‘I’m METRO, NOT gay’, a discursive analysis of men’s make-up use on YouTube. Journal of Men’s Studies, 20 (3), pp. 209-226.
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Sloan C; Gough B; Conner M (2010) Healthy masculinities? How ostensibly healthy men talk about lifestyle, health and gender. Psychology and Health, 25 (7), pp. 783-803.
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Gough B; Fry G; Grogan S; Conner M (2009) Why do young adult smokers continue to smoke despite the health risks? A focus group study. Psychology & Health, 24 (2), pp. 203-220.
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Madill A; Gough B (2008) Qualitative Research and Its Place in Psychological Science. Psychological Methods, 13 (3), pp. 254-271.
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Gough B; Novikova I (2020) Mental health, men and culture: how do sociocultural constructions of masculinities relate to men’s mental health help-seeking behaviour in the WHO European Region? [Online]. WHO.
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Gough B (2018) Contemporary Masculinities Embodiment, Emotion and Wellbeing. Springer.
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(2017) The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Social Psychology. Palgrave Macmillan UK.
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Gough B; McFadden M; McDonald M (2013) Critical Social Psychology An Introduction. Palgrave Macmillan.
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Gough B; Robertson S (2010) Men, Masculinities and Health. Palgrave MacMillan.
