In March 2020, with the global number of COVID-19 cases on the rise, many people were
advised to stay at home and leave only for necessities. Across the globe, people were on …

Although sterilization is the most common and effective form of birth control available,
childfree individuals often report difficulty actually obtaining the procedure. The ideological …

Objective Few studies have examined a voluntarily child-free life in the Nordic countries. The
aim of this study was to explore reasons, influencing factors, and personal and social factors …

Online social support, with its novel opportunities for coping, is especially important for those
experiencing isolation. Daughters-in-law in Azerbaijan are isolated and have inadequate …

Despite social expectations of parenthood, the proportion of people in the Western world
who wish to have children is declining, and the proportion who do not want children is …

El presente artículo explora la elección childfree en México e indaga particularmente el
impacto de los estigmas sociales hacia las personas que deciden rechazar para sí la …

Cristina Archetti started researching childlessness after being diagnosed with"" unexplained
infertility"". She soon discovered that, although involuntary childlessness affects an …

(1) Background: Gestational surrogacy is the most common type of surrogacy today.
Although technologically well-developed and legal in many countries, it challenges and …

Infertility, to those who are affected by it, is much more than whether one manages (or not) to
have a child: it can be a traumatizing experience. Based on a clinical case study that …

This article extends the conceptualization of silence in public relations beyond strategic
communication. It develops a new theoretical framework to explain the mechanisms through …