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However, theorizing on the changing nature of masculinities among adolescents has received limited quantitative attention. Research is needed to better understand shifts in adolescent masculinities in contemporary Western settings.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>In this paper, we investigate the application of one newer approach to explore masculinities in context \u2013 hybrid masculinities \u2013 in a sample of cisgender, heterosexual, mid-adolescent boys in one province in Western Canada (<jats:italic>N\u2009=<\/jats:italic> 873, mean age (SD)\u2009=\u200914.39 (0.37)). Data were collected from nine cohorts of grade 9 youth over a 10-year period (2013\u20132022) as part of the baseline survey of an ongoing evaluation of a gender-transformative healthy relationships program.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results and discussion<\/jats:title><jats:p>We hypothesized that if the ideas of hybrid masculinities held in our sample, we would find that overt homophobic attitudes and adherence to related patriarchal norms (e.g., avoidance of femininity) would decline over this period, but that the use of homophobic name-calling would remain differentiated in terms of to whom it was directed (e.g., a friend, someone they thought was gay). We did find a significant decline in homophobic attitudes and norms related to emotional restriction and avoidance of femininity over the 10-year period, but also found that homophobic name-calling remained differentiated, with significantly higher name-calling toward a friend than toward someone the youth thought was gay. Thus, our hypotheses were supported. We discuss the implications of our findings for future theory and research on understanding adolescent masculinities in context.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fsoc.2024.1347568","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,6,12]],"date-time":"2024-06-12T13:32:39Z","timestamp":1718199159000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Homophobic beliefs and attitudes among mid-adolescent boys: exploring the ideas of hybrid masculinities"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"9","author":[{"given":"Deinera","family":"Exner-Cortens","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Caroline","family":"Claussen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Angelique","family":"Jenney","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Vineetha Warriyar Kodalore","family":"Vijayan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,6,11]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","volume-title":"Inclusive masculinity: The changing nature of masculinities","author":"Anderson","year":"2009"},{"key":"ref2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"79","DOI":"10.3149\/thy.0701.79","article-title":"Adolescent masculinity in an age of decreased homohysteria","volume":"7","author":"Anderson","year":"2013","journal-title":"THYMOS"},{"key":"ref3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"547","DOI":"10.1080\/09589236.2016.1245605","article-title":"Inclusive masculinity theory: overview, reflection and refinement","volume":"27","author":"Anderson","year":"2018","journal-title":"J. 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