Demand for motherhood without the wish for a child

1999 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 186-189
Author(s):  
V. Frick-Bruder
Keyword(s):  
Wish For A Child

scholarly journals Sexual Function and Socio-Sexual Difficulties in Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)

2019 ◽  
Vol 79 (05) ◽  
pp. 498-509 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maike Fliegner ◽  
Hertha Richter-Appelt ◽  
Kerstin Krupp ◽  
Franziska Brunner
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Function ◽  
Polycystic Ovary ◽  
Brief Symptom Inventory ◽  
Reproductive Age ◽  
Sexual Quality Of Life ◽  
Wish For A Child ◽  
Dsm Iv ◽  
Scientific Attention ◽  
Open Question

Abstract Introduction PCOS is the most common endocrine syndrome in women of the reproductive age that has manifold effects on the life of affected women. Little scientific attention has been devoted to these womenʼs sexual lives. Aim To investigate sexual quality of life in women with PCOS. Methods The sample size was n = 44. Measures employed were: An extended list of sexual dysfunctions and perceived distress based on DSM-IV-TR, Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI), German Questionnaire on Feelings of Inadequacy in Social and Sexual Situations (FUSS), Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSE), Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) subscale depression. The relationships of these components were examined including further variables (body mass index, degree of hirsutism using the Ferriman-Gallwey Score, wish for a child). An open question about what participants see as the source of their sexual problems was presented. Results Only moderate impairment in sexual function was detected, but feelings of inadequacy in social and sexual situations were markedly elevated and positively correlated with the degree of hirsutism. Depression showed to be a major problem. Conclusion Patients with PCOS should be screened for socio-sexual difficulties and emotional problems. Specialized psychological and sexological counselling can complement patient care.

Feminism and the wish for a child

Sex Roles ◽  
1984 ◽  
Vol 11 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 389-399 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary-Joan Gerson
Keyword(s):  
Wish For A Child

Interruptions During Psychoanalytic Treatment and the Wish for a Child

1966 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 730-735 ◽  
Author(s):  
Merl M. Jackel
Keyword(s):  
Psychoanalytic Treatment ◽  
Wish For A Child

The Wish for a Child

1983 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 127-129
Keyword(s):  
Wish For A Child

scholarly journals What Are the Issues Confronting Infertile Women? A Qualitative and Quantitative Approach

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katja Hämmerli ◽  
Hansjörg Znoj ◽  
Thomas Berger
Keyword(s):  
Health Professionals ◽  
Positive Emotions ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Fertility Treatment ◽  
German Language ◽  
Infertile Women ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Wish For A Child ◽  
Child Coping ◽  
Stressful Experience

Infertility is a stressful experience, yet little is known about the specific issues confronting infertile women. In the present study, researchers sought to identify themes important to infertile women and examine possible associations with mental health levels. Using qualitative content analysis, researchers analyzed the email messages of 57 infertile women participating in a German-language Internet-based treatment for infertility. The themes most important to infertile women were emotions surrounding their wish for a child, coping with this unfulfilled wish, and medical aspects. Clinically anxious women reported substantially and significantly more negative and positive emotions than non-anxious women did (Mann-Whitney U(1)=178; p=0.034). Participants who were both clinically anxious and depressed reported more negative emotions and substantially fewer positive emotions when compared to participants who were solely anxious. The themes identified, considered important by infertile women, could be helpful to health professionals working in fertility treatment.

scholarly journals Creating a family through surrogacy: Negotiating parental positions, familial boundaries and kinship practices

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2-2019) ◽  
pp. 56-70
Author(s):  
Julia Teschlade ◽  
Almut Peukert
Keyword(s):  
Family Formation ◽  
Family Relations ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Same Sex Couples ◽  
Wish For A Child ◽  
Social Discourses ◽  
The Family ◽  
Absent Mother ◽  
Gestational Surrogacy ◽  
Grounded Theory Approach

This article focuses on male same-sex couples who fulfil their wish for a child through gestational surrogacy. As two-father families they must engage with society’s expectation that every child has both a mother and a father. Thus, the position of the mother must be filled, or at least accounted for. The empirical data derive from interviews with male samesex couples from Germany. Following the grounded theory approach, we analyse the couples’ ‘doing (being) family’ from two perspectives. First, we discuss how family roles are negotiated within the family formation process. The fathers employ different strategies to address the issue of the ‘absent mother’. Second, we examine how the couples draw boundaries in family formation processes to ensure that they are seen as the child’s only parents. We argue that social discourses lack broader definitions of (family) relations beyond the gendered categorizations of father and mother.

Development of the Wish for a Child in Boys

1950 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 139-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edith Jacobson
Keyword(s):  
Wish For A Child
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