ROLES AND ROLE-CONFLICT OF WOMEN IN INFERTILE COUPLES

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ALLISON, JR
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10.1111/j.1471-6402.1979.tb00701.x
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B84 [心理学];
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04 ; 0402 ;
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This study explored the experience of role conflict for women in infertile couples. The infertile group consisted of 29 women who, with their husbands, were beginning an infertility program; comparison group subjects were 29 married women with no history of inability to conceive. Each subject completed self‐report instruments measuring role conceptions and expectations, the experience of role conflict, and occupational commitment. Each husband also reported his role expectations for his ideal woman. Also, a semi‐structured interview was conducted with each infertile subject. Compared to the control group, the infertile group's role conceptions were more traditional; they reported less role conflict of various kinds, and they showed greater occupational commitment. They did not differ significantly on degree of wife‐husband role discrepancy, or on mother's occupational commitment. These findings lead to an understanding of infertility as part of an interactional system for dealing with potentially intolerable sources of role conflict. Copyright © 1979, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserved
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