aim and background: infertility may cause various forms of emotional and psychosocial problems, especially among women. many studies have focused on the psychological problems, such as depression, anxiety, and marital adjustment, in infertile women. however, very little research has been published concerning women's perception of infertility. this study aimed to investigate the irrational perce...

In this study we consider the health implications of the sequencing of a college degree vis-à-vis familial roles during the transition to adulthood. We hypothesize that people who earned a college degree before assuming familial roles will have better health than people who earned a college degree afterwards. To test this hypothesis, we focus on obesity and use data from the National Longitudin...

This study compares the experience of gaining a child through birth, adoption, or marriage, extending the focus of investigation beyond biological parenthood and the transition made by first-time parents. Using a subsample from the National Survey of Families and Households (N= 204), we compared reasons for having children, parental well-being, family relationships, and work roles among parents...

The overall aim of this thesis is to gain a deeper understanding of antenatal care by disclosing aspects of topics, meanings and the participants' ways of relating in midwifery consultations in a Swedish primary care setting. To accomplish this video recordings were made of five antenatal midwives' consecutive consultations with one expectant/new mother/father from the initial 'booking' in earl...