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Psychosocial and cultural analysis of childlessness and its implications on women emancipation in South Western Nigeria: the counselling perspective

Studies show that the stereotype that childlessness is solely considered a woman's problem makes infertility a major disaster for childless women in Nigeria. This study adopted a cross sectional survey design to explore the extent to which Psychosocial and cultural factors correlate with perception...

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720 |a Ofole, N. M.  |e author 
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520 |a Studies show that the stereotype that childlessness is solely considered a woman's problem makes infertility a major disaster for childless women in Nigeria. This study adopted a cross sectional survey design to explore the extent to which Psychosocial and cultural factors correlate with perception of childlessness among women in South Western Nigeria. Multi-stage sampling technique was utilized to draw out five hundred and fifty-four males and seven hundred females with age range of 20-45 (X =30.4; SD=8.6) from South Western Nigeria. A synchronized instrument with three sub- sections titled Psycho socio-cultural assessment of childlessness (r=0.75) was utilized for data collection. Two Research questions were answered and six null hypotheses tested at 0.05 level of significance. Descriptive Statistics, Multiple Regression Analysis, Pearson Product Moment Correlation and t-test for independent samples were used for data analysis. Results show that Nigerians irrespective of tribe, gender, age, educational status, self-esteem and religion consider childlessness a taboo and hold women solely responsible. This outcome has implications for improved sexual and reproductive health policy with respect to gender mainstreaming and counselling interventions for childless women. 
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024 8 |a African Journal for the Psychological Studies of Social Issues 17(2), pp. 50-57 
024 8 |a https://repository.ui.edu.ng/handle/123456789/11402 
653 |a Psychological 
653 |a Socio-cultural 
653 |a Childlessness 
653 |a Women emancipation 
653 |a Counselling 
245 0 0 |a Psychosocial and cultural analysis of childlessness and its implications on women emancipation in South Western Nigeria: the counselling perspective