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Gender Differences and Perceptions About Childbearing Among Infertile couples
dc.contributor.authorHalman, L. Jillen_US
dc.contributor.authorAndrews, Frank M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorAbbey, Antoniaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-06-01T18:52:29Z
dc.date.available2010-06-01T18:52:29Z
dc.date.issued1994-09en_US
dc.identifier.citationHALMAN, L. JILL; ANDREWS, FRANK M.; ABBEY, ANTONIA (1994). "Gender Differences and Perceptions About Childbearing Among Infertile couples." Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, & Neonatal Nursing 23(7): 593-600. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/72068>en_US
dc.identifier.issn0884-2175en_US
dc.identifier.issn1552-6909en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/72068
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dc.description.abstractTo explore gender dierences and responses of in fertile couples to childbearing issues. Design : Data analysis from the first wave of a larger three wave prospective panel study. Face-to-face tnterviews with both husbands and wives were conducted. Setting : Husbands and wives were interviewed separately in their homes. One was generally interviewed immediately after the other. Participants : One hundred sixty-one infert ile couples in southeastern Michigan were interviewed in 1988. Measures : Variables of interest included the self recognized source of the fertility problem, the tmportance of children to individuals, stress associated with infertility treatment, the number of tests and treatments received, the acceptabiltty of indicated treatments, the length of time couples expected it would take to have a child, and the ideal and expected number of children. Results : Women experienced signijcantly more stress from tests and treatment, placed greater importance on havtng children, were more accepting of indicated treatments, and wanted more children than men did. Conclusions : Implications for nurses working with in fertile couples are discussed, including provision of emotional support, evaluation of perceptions of success, assessment of couples' expectations, and inclusion of husbands in decision making.en_US
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dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Ltden_US
dc.rights1994 by NAACOG, a division of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologistsen_US
dc.titleGender Differences and Perceptions About Childbearing Among Infertile couplesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelNursingen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelObstetrics and Gynecologyen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelHealth Sciencesen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumL. Jill Halman is a research investigator at the Institute for Social Research, The University of Michigan, and a research fellow at the Center for Nursing Research, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.en_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumFrank M. Andrews is a distinguished research scientist at the Institute for Social Research, The University of Michigan, and a professor of population planning and international health at the School of Public Health, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.en_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumAntonia Abbey is an adjunct associate research scientist at the Institute for Social Research, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and an associate professor of community medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit.en_US
dc.identifier.pmid7996310en_US
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dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1552-6909.1994.tb01925.xen_US
dc.identifier.sourceJournal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, & Neonatal Nursingen_US
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