Involuntarily childless men and the desire for fatherhood

Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 56-68

  Hadley, Robin ^a   Hanley, Terry ^b  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Interviews; Involuntary childlessness; Mental health; Psychosocial factors; Qualitative methods

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDLESSNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; FAMILY; FATHER; GROUNDED THEORY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTERVIEW; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENTHOOD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX ROLE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STEREOTYPY; WORK;

EID: 79951989432     PISSN: 02646838     EISSN: 1469672X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02646838.2010.544294     Document Type: Article

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