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Sterilized and Satisfied: Outcomes of Childfree Sterilization Obtainment and Denials.
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Psychology of Women Quarterly . Dec2023, Vol. 47 Issue 4, p562-573. 12p. - Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- As more women choose to forgo motherhood, childfree women and people assigned female at birth (AFAB) are important to study, particularly given pronatalist ideals that can make the choice not to have children difficult to exercise. Although temporary contraception prevents motherhood, physicians sometimes discourage or deny women access to more permanent options, including sterilization, due to their belief that childfree women and those AFAB will regret their decision. From a reproductive justice framework, we examined psychological outcomes of sterilization approval and denials among a sample of 154 childfree women and nonbinary people AFAB who sought and either obtained or were denied sterilization. Participants completed measures of psychological well-being, self-esteem, and sexual quality of life. Childfree participants who obtained sterilization reported higher self-esteem, better sexual quality, and higher well-being than childfree individuals who were denied the procedure. Neither age nor time since making the sterilization request accounted for the differences between the groups in terms of sexual quality of life and psychological well-being. Collectively, these findings offer the first empirical evidence of the potential outcomes among childfree women seeking sterilization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *WELL-being
*STATISTICS
*ANALYSIS of variance
*TUBAL sterilization
*SELF-perception
*MULTIVARIATE analysis
*ONE-way analysis of variance
*SATISFACTION
*QUALITY of life
*PSYCHOLOGY of women
*QUESTIONNAIRES
*ANALYSIS of covariance
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
*SEXUAL excitement
*DATA analysis
*SELF-esteem testing
*SEXUAL health
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 03616843
- Volume :
- 47
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Psychology of Women Quarterly
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 173412960
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/03616843231164069