Sociopsychological Characteristics of Patients Obtaining Vasectomies from Urologists

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ID14831126
AutoresDavid A Rodgers, David Rodgers, Frederick J Ziegler, Patricia Rohr, Robert J Prentiss
Año1963
Volumen25
Número3
Páginas331
Fecha de publicación1963-08-01
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaMarriage and Family Living (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0885-7059 • E-ISSN: 2326-4071
EditorialJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/349079
PMID12255009
OpenAlexW2408899010
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas13

This article is part of a longitudinal evaluation of effects of vasectomy on behavior and personality. 48 subjects who obtained vasectomies from a urologist in the San Diego area during a 9 month interval in 1961 were the subjects of this study. Model age was 28 years; they had been married for a modal 4 years, and had a modal number of 3 children. They had tried other contraceptives and were dissatisfied with them for various reasons. The respondents filled out a special questionnaire and a Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI). The questionnaire was on the reasons for wanting the operation, use of other contraceptives, attitudes, etc. The results indicated that for the majority the stated reasons for not wanting additional children were socioeconomic. 1/3 of the men were college graduates who regarded themselves as in good or excellent health, and who were overwhelmingly Protestant. 14 of the 48 respondents stated that the operation was advised by a physician. The men were not overanxious and did not show an extreme tendency for pathology of any sort. The conclusion drawn from this sample is that the subjects were motivated primarily by rational considerations and were relatively free of unconscious neurotic concern about the consequences of the operation

Environmental health · Family medicine · Family planning · Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory · Neuroticism · Personality · Population · Psychiatry · Research methodology · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Vasectomy · Clinical Psychology · Demography · Male Reproductive Health Studies · Medicine · Psychology · Reproductive Health and Technologies · Sexual function and dysfunction studies · Social Psychology

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