Perceived Threat of Infertility and Women's Intention to Anticipate Childbearing: The Mediating Role of Personally Perceived Barriers and Facilitators.
Fertility awareness
Health belief model
Infertility prevention
Reproductive life plan
Women
Journal
Journal of clinical psychology in medical settings
ISSN: 1573-3572
Titre abrégé: J Clin Psychol Med Settings
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9435680
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
09 2021
09 2021
Historique:
accepted:
21
09
2020
pubmed:
3
10
2020
medline:
25
2
2023
entrez:
2
10
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
To study the role of perceived threat of infertility, barriers, and facilitators in intention to anticipate childbearing, a cross-sectional study was conducted with 240 women desiring to have children and committed in a heterosexual relationship. Participants answered an online survey between July 2016 and February 2018. Results showed that perceiving infertility as a strong barrier and being willing to use fertility treatment as a facilitator fully mediated the effect of perceived threat on intention to anticipate childbearing. In conclusion, women who perceive themselves at risk of being infertile will consider, to a higher degree, infertility as a strong barrier to achieve their reproductive life plan or will report higher willingness to use fertility treatments, which in turn would increase intentions to anticipate childbearing. Since evidence showed lack of fertility awareness, intervention initiatives should target these mediators.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33006104
doi: 10.1007/s10880-020-09743-3
pii: 10.1007/s10880-020-09743-3
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
457-467Informations de copyright
© 2020. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
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