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Childlessness Intentions and Ideals in Europe [PDF]

open access: yesFinnish Yearbook of Population Research, 2014
Using data from Eurobarometer Surveys 2001–2011 we examine trends and correlates of childlessness intentions and ideals across Europe over the past decade.
Miettinen, Anneli, Szalma, Ivett
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Childlessness in Europe [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
In recent decades, levels of childlessness have been increasing rapidly in most European countries. German-speaking countries seem to be at the forefront of this development, as more than 20% of the women living in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria ...
Kreyenfeld, Michaela, Konietzka, Dirk
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Testing the Social Investment Principle Around Childbirth: Little Evidence for Personality Maturation Before and After Becoming a Parent

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Personality, EarlyView., 2020
Abstract In line with the social investment principle, becoming a parent should lead to more mature behaviour and an increase in conscientiousness, agreeableness, and emotional stability. However, previous research provided mixed results that do not support this idea.
Eva Asselmann   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Involuntary Childlessness at Work: Experiences of Emotion Work, Unfair Marginalization and Inadequacy

open access: yesNordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2020
This article presents and analyzes experiences of involuntary childlessness at work and, through that, attempts to increase our understanding of emotional and silenced experiences in organizations.
Mika Mård
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Women’s experiences of living with involuntary childlessness in Uganda: a qualitative phenomenological study

open access: yesBMC Women's Health, 2022
Background Involuntary childlessness is a global phenomenon that negatively impacts the couple, or the family involved. The experiences of women living with involuntary childlessness have not been well documented in the literature, specifically in the ...
Susan Asiimwe   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

“I’ve got this hole…”: Experiences of therapist involuntary childlessness with clients in therapeutic practice

open access: yesEuropean Journal for Qualitative Research in Psychotherapy, 2019
Little has been written on how therapists experience their practice in relation to involuntary childlessness. There have been no systematic research projects exploring solely the therapist’s voice on this issue to date with only two pieces of literature ...
Martin Stokley, Val Sanders
doaj   +1 more source

Explanatory Model of Voluntary Childlessness among Iranian Couples in Tehran: A Grounded Theory Approach [PDF]

open access: yesIranian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2019
Background: Global and Iranian statistics indicate a rise in the newly emerging phenomenon of voluntary childlessness as a permanent status among couples. Childlessness is one of the main challenges of modern society.
Seyed Ebrahim Ahmadi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Childlessness and its coping strategies among couples in Lafia Local Government Area, Nasarawa State, Nigeria

open access: yesIanna Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, 2023
Background: Childlessness can steal joy in the family as it poses an overwhelming effect on the mental state of couples. Couples’ ability to cope with childlessness-related stress to a greater measure relies on which sort of coping strategies more ...
Aondofa Peter Kwaghtser
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The association between childlessness and voting turnout in 38 countries

open access: yesDemographic Research, 2022
Objective: This descriptive study aims to analyse the association between childlessness and voting turnout. Methods: We used the first nine rounds of the European Social Survey and logistic regression models to estimate the association between ...
Ryohei Mogi, Bruno Arpino
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Depiction of Childlessness in Lithuanian Mass Media from 2011–2016: A Catalyst of Modernization

open access: yesRomanian Journal of Communications and Public Relations, 2019
Demographic research shows the increase of childlessness rates among women born in 1970 in comparison to those born in 1953 in Lithuania, but cultural aspects influencing reproductive behavior are under-explored.
Grazina Rapoliene, Lina Sumskaite
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