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Infertility : Perspectives From Stress and Coping Research by Annette L. Stanton, Christine Dunkel-Schetter (auth.), Annette L. Stanton, Christine Dunkel-Schetter (eds.) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Infertility : Perspectives From Stress and Coping Research about?

As a researcher whose work focuses largely on the causes and conse quences of unwanted pregnancy, I may appear to be an unlikely candidate to write a foreword to a book on infertility. Yet, many of the themes that emerge in the study of unwanted pregnancy are also apparent in the study of infertility. Moreover, this volume is an important contribution to the literature on fertility, women's health issues, and health psychology in general, all topics with which I have been closely involved over the past two decades. Neither pregnancy nor its absence is inherently desirable: The occurrence of a pregnancy can be met with joy or despair, and its absence can be a cause of relief or anguish. Whether or not these states are wanted, the conscious and unconscious meanings attached to pregnancy and in fertility, the responses of others, the perceived implications of these states, and one's expectations for the future all are critical factors in determining an individual's response. In addition, both unwanted pregnancy and failure to conceive can be socially stigmatized, evoking both overt and subtle social disapproval. Fur ther, they involve not only the woman, but her partner, and potential

Who reads Infertility : Perspectives From Stress and Coping Research?

Author

Annette L. Stanton, Christine Dunkel-Schetter (auth.), Annette L. Stanton, Christine Dunkel-Schetter (eds.)

Publisher

Springer US : Imprint : Springer

Published

1991

Language

EN

ISBN

9781489907530

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Psychology, Sociology, Social_sciences