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EMOTIONAL FACTORS IN FAMILY PLANNING
Author(s) -
RAPHAEL BEVERLEY
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1975.tb106462.x
Subject(s) - feeling , psychology , schema (genetic algorithms) , consciousness , developmental psychology , social psychology , sense of control , computer science , neuroscience , machine learning
This paper outlines several relevant emotional aspects in family planning: the need to become pregnant; the need to have a baby; the need to have a particular baby; the need to have a baby at a particular time; “bad” feelings about conception control; those at greatest risk of unwanted pregnancy through emotional factors. A schema for assessing relevant emotional factors, while at the same time raising the individual's own consciousness about motivation, is given. The doctor's role in the management of such emotional factors and his own relevant emotional responses are considered.