Reading list
Every source, so you can go to it directly.
Every book and paper this practice draws on. No affiliate links. If you want the primary source, you should be able to get it without going through us.
Books
- Doka, K. J., and Martin, T. L. (2010)Grieving Beyond Gender: Understanding the Ways Men and Women Mourn (revised edition)Routledge
- Klass, D., Silverman, P. R., and Nickman, S. L. (editors) (1996)Continuing Bonds: New Understandings of GriefTaylor and Francis
- Martin, T. L., and Doka, K. J. (2000)Men Don't Cry, Women Do: Transcending Gender Stereotypes of GriefBrunner/Mazel
- Shay, J. (1994)Achilles in Vietnam: Combat Trauma and the Undoing of CharacterAtheneum
- Siegel, D. J. (1999)The Developing Mind: Toward a Neurobiology of Interpersonal ExperienceGuilford Press
Papers
- Dazzi, T., Gribble, R., Wessely, S., and Fear, N. T. (2014)Does asking about suicide and related behaviours induce suicidal ideation? What is the evidence?Psychological Medicine, 44(16), 3361 to 3363
- Levant, R. F. (1992)Toward the reconstruction of masculinityJournal of Family Psychology, 5(3 and 4), 379 to 402
- Litz, B. T., Stein, N., Delaney, E., Lebowitz, L., Nash, W. P., Silva, C., and Maguen, S. (2009)Moral injury and moral repair in war veterans: A preliminary model and intervention strategyClinical Psychology Review, 29(8), 695 to 706
- Rutz, W., von Knorring, L., Pihlgren, H., Rihmer, Z., and Walinder, J. (1995)Prevention of male suicides: Lessons from Gotland studyThe Lancet, 345(8948), 524
- Stroebe, M., and Schut, H. (1999)The dual process model of coping with bereavement: Rationale and descriptionDeath Studies, 23(3), 197 to 224
- Stroebe, M., and Schut, H. (2010)The dual process model of coping with bereavement: A decade onOmega: Journal of Death and Dying, 61(4), 273 to 289
- Tedeschi, R. G., and Calhoun, L. G. (2004)Posttraumatic growth: Conceptual foundations and empirical evidencePsychological Inquiry, 15(1), 1 to 18
- Zierau, F., Bille, A., Rutz, W., and Bech, P. (2002)The Gotland Male Depression Scale: A validity study in patients with alcohol use disorderNordic Journal of Psychiatry, 56(4), 265 to 271
Where the research is thin, we say so. Research on how men in particular grieve is smaller and less replicated than the general bereavement literature. Every source is reviewed once a year. Last reviewed October 2026.