The psychological dimensions of infertility
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9052827 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Adrienne D Kraft (St. Mary's College of Maryland), Joseph Palombo (0000-0002-9709-9670, St. Mary's College of Maryland), Dorena Mitchell, Dorena L Mitchell (St. Mary's College of Maryland), Catherine Dean, Catherine L Dean (St. Mary's College of Maryland), Steven Meyers, Steven A Meyers (St. Mary's College of Maryland), Anne W Schmidt (0000-0003-3222-5661, St. Mary's College of Maryland) |
| Year | 1980 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 618-628 |
| Publication date | 1980-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Orthopsychiatry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9432 • E-ISSN: 1939-0025 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1939-0025.1980.tb03324.x |
| PMID | 7425096 |
| OpenAlex | W2021875176 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 24 |
| References cited | 7 |
Psychological reactions of childless couples applying to an adoption agency are examined. Infertility can be a developmental life crisis and may be experienced as a narcissistic trauma, resolution of which depends upon individual character structure. Intrapsychic tasks include acceptance and working though of grief for the loss of the self-ideal, restitution of body-image deficiency, and assessment of the importance of parenthood as a developmental phase. An adaptive resolution is seen as a necessary condition for successful adoptive parenting
Agency (philosophy) · Character (mathematics) · Developmental psychology · Grief · Ideal (ethics) · Infertility · Pregnancy · Psychoanalytic theory · Psychotherapist · Restitution · Sociology · Child Welfare and Adoption · Clinical Psychology · Psychology · Reproductive Health and Technologies · Social Psychology
Personal and Interpersonal Dimensions of Childlessness in Three Different Ecological Settings
Infertility and Involuntary Childlessness
Infertility and Subjective Well-Being
The role of parenting in men's psychosocial development
Transition to parenthood in adoptive families
The meaning of early knowledge of a child's infertility in familes with 47,XXY and 45,X children
Adjustment to adoption
Nonorganic Infertility
Infertility and its influence on women's career identities
Sophie's choice
The Impact of Adoption on the New Parents' Marriage
Searching and Non-Searching Adoptees
Family Building in Adoption
Bioethics in the adversities of access to infertility treatment
Bioética nas adversidades do acesso ao tratamento de infertilidade
Bioética en las adversidades del acceso al tratamiento de infertilidad
Psychological adjustment of adoptive parents-to-be
Psychological aspects of in vitro fertilization
Trying to Become a Family; or, Parents Without Children
The Stigma of Involuntary Childlessness
Roads Less Taken
Infertility
Perceptions of informal sanctioning and the stigma of involuntary childlessness
The positive consequences of stigma
| Unique citing works | 24 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,56 |
| Citation span | 1983 - 2024 (42) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 19 |