A framework for modelling fertility motivation in couples

Dados Bibliográficos

ID5158011
AutoresWarren Miller, Warren B Miller (Transnational Family Research Institute), Lawrence Severy, Lawrence J Severy (Family Health International 360), David J Pasta (0000-0003-2637-9293, DMA Health Strategies), David Pasta
Ano2004
Volume58
Fascículo2
Páginas193-205
Data de publicação2004-07-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoPopulation Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0032-4728 • E-ISSN: 1477-4747
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/0032472042000213712
PMID15204253
OpenAlexW1973013322
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas92
Referências citadas13

We present a theoretical framework that organizes individual-level fertility motivations into a couple-level model. One feature of this framework is the Traits-Desires-Intentions-Behaviour (TDIB) sequence through which the fertility motivations of individuals produce instrumental behaviours that are designed to promote or prevent childbearing. A second feature of this framework is the cognitive capacity of individuals to perceive a partner's motivational structure. We combine these two features into a dyad-level model that addresses interactions between partners at each step of the motivational sequence. We elaborate this model first with respect to the perception of partner's motivational structure and second with respect to the combination of partner's and own motivational structure. In the process we consider how couple-level processes of communication, influence, and disagreement can be measured and studied through these interactions. We conclude with a summary discussion of the framework and a consideration of the implications it has for a theory of reproductive psychology, population surveys, and family planning services

Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Dyad · Feature (linguistics) · Fertility · Perception · Population · Process (computing) · Sociology · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Computer Science · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Psychology · Reproductive Health and Technologies · Social Psychology