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Low fertility and childlessness have been largely interpreted as being driven by the same mechanisms, although they may be qualitatively different phenomena.
Elisa Brini
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Predictors of Permanent Childlessness in Iranian Women (Using the 2016 National Census Microdata Sample) [PDF]
Background: Dramatic changes in the demographic behaviors of Iranian women have led to declining fertility after the mid-1980s. Childlessness is an important and growing issue and has increasingly become the focus of the problem by Iranian population ...
Serajeddin Mahmoudiani
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The aim of this contribution is to explore, through the feminist perspective on disability (Thomas, 1997; Wendell, 1996; Garland-Thomson, 2004; Morris, 1991; 2004), the way in which disabled women reflect and narrate about (not) becoming mothers and the
Ester Micalizzi
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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
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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
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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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Explanatory Model of Voluntary Childlessness among Iranian Couples in Tehran: A Grounded Theory Approach [PDF]
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
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The association between childlessness and voting turnout in 38 countries
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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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
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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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