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It is not unreasonable that social expectation plays a very significant role in the experience of childless women: Women are socialized to want children, leaving it impossible to distinguish inherent desire from learned expectation, which may be reason behind many people trying very hard to have children and ending up less happy [1].
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References
- ↑ Hansen et al., "Parenthood and Happiness: A Review of Folk Theories Versus Empirical Evidence", Social Indicators Research, 2012, DOI:10.1007/s11205-011-9865-y, SciHub Link.
- ↑ Nelson,Kushlev,Lyubomirsky et al., "The pains and pleasures of parenting: When, why, and how is parenthood associated with more or less well-being?", Psychological Bulletin, 2014, DOI:10.1037/a0035444, SciHub Link.
- ↑ Hansen et al., "Parenthood and Happiness: A Review of Folk Theories Versus Empirical Evidence", Social Indicators Research, 2012, DOI:10.1007/s11205-011-9865-y, SciHub Link.
- ↑ Jeffries,Konnert et al., "Regret and psychological well-being among voluntarily and involuntarily childless women and mothers", International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2002, DOI:10.2190/J08N-VBVG-6PXM-0TTN, SciHub Link.
- ↑ Smith,Knight,Fletcher,Macdonald et al., "When men choose to be childless: An interpretative phenomenological analysis", Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 2020, DOI:10.1177/0265407519864444, SciHub Link.