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Interpersonal dynamics of women in midlife living with involuntary childlessness
Journal of Adult Development ( IF 1.8 ) Pub Date : 2022-02-05 , DOI: 10.1007/s10804-022-09393-9
Megumi Fieldsend 1 , Jonathan A. Smith 1
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Becoming a parent creates a new phase in adult development where the creation of a family brings new meanings and relational dimensions to one’s life. For people who are involuntarily childless, however, the absence of children can have a multifaceted impact on their everyday lives. Although extensive studies concerning childlessness have been conducted, past work has tended to have a clinical focus on women's infertility and fertility treatments and much less attention has been paid to how involuntarily childless people live beyond the phase of trying for a child while contemporaries pursue their lives with children. This study explores the experience of 11 White, heterosexual British women in midlife living with involuntary childlessness. To gain experiential insights, semi-structured interviews were conducted and transcripts analyzed using interpretive phenomenological analysis. Analysis reveals two interrelated key patterns exemplifying intrapersonal and interpersonal features. This paper focuses on the latter. The findings bring to light not only layers of complex relational issues caused by being involuntarily childless, but also different ways of reconstructing meaning in relational reconnections that impacted positively on developing generativity. The paper presents the dynamics unique to each woman and offers micro-level understandings helpful for health professionals, family therapists, life coaches, and researchers looking into childlessness and midlife/adult development.



中文翻译:

中年妇女非自愿无子女的人际动态

成为父母为成人发展创造了一个新阶段,家庭的建立为一个人的生活带来了新的意义和关系层面。然而,对于那些非自愿没有孩子的人来说,没有孩子会对他们的日常生活产生多方面的影响。尽管已经对无子女进行了广泛的研究,但过去的工作往往将临床重点放在女性的不孕症和生育治疗上,而很少关注在同时代人追求他们的生活时,非自愿无子女的人如何在试图生孩子的阶段之后生活带着孩子。这项研究探讨了 11 名英国白人异性恋女性在中年生活时非自愿无子女的经历。为了获得经验见解,进行了半结构化访谈,并使用解释性现象学分析分析了成绩单。分析揭示了两个相互关联的关键模式,体现了个人内在和人际关系特征。本文重点讨论后者。这些发现不仅揭示了由于不由自主地没有孩子而导致的复杂关系问题的层次,而且揭示了在关系重新连接中重建意义的不同方式,这些方式对发展生成能力产生了积极影响。该论文展示了每位女性独有的动态,并提供了有助于健康专业人士、家庭治疗师、生活教练和研究无子女和中年/成人发展的研究人员的微观理解。分析揭示了两个相互关联的关键模式,体现了个人内在和人际关系特征。本文重点讨论后者。这些发现不仅揭示了由于不由自主地没有孩子而导致的复杂关系问题的层次,而且揭示了在关系重新连接中重建意义的不同方式,这些方式对发展生成能力产生了积极影响。该论文展示了每位女性独有的动态,并提供了有助于健康专业人士、家庭治疗师、生活教练和研究无子女和中年/成人发展的研究人员的微观理解。分析揭示了两个相互关联的关键模式,体现了个人内在和人际关系特征。本文重点讨论后者。这些发现不仅揭示了由于不由自主地没有孩子而导致的复杂关系问题的层次,而且揭示了在关系重新连接中重建意义的不同方式,这些方式对发展生成能力产生了积极影响。该论文展示了每位女性独有的动态,并提供了有助于健康专业人士、家庭治疗师、生活教练和研究无子女和中年/成人发展的研究人员的微观理解。而且在关系重新连接中重建意义的不同方式也对发展生成能力产生了积极影响。该论文展示了每位女性独有的动态,并提供了有助于健康专业人士、家庭治疗师、生活教练和研究无子女和中年/成人发展的研究人员的微观理解。而且在关系重新连接中重建意义的不同方式也对发展生成能力产生了积极影响。该论文展示了每位女性独有的动态,并提供了有助于健康专业人士、家庭治疗师、生活教练和研究无子女和中年/成人发展的研究人员的微观理解。

更新日期:2022-02-05
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