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The role of the Coronavirus pandemic on childbearing intentions in Iranian women based on path analysis: A cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: The Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) may lead to couples not being physically and mentally ready to assume a parenting role. OBJECTIVE: Given the changes in reproductive behaviors and the lack of accurate information about childbearing factors during the Coronavirus pandemic, this study wa...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9982325/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36875500 http://dx.doi.org/10.18502/ijrm.v21i1.12665 |
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author | Banaei, Mojdeh Kariman, Nourossadat Sharif Nia, Hamid Mokhtarian-Gilani, Tahereh |
author_facet | Banaei, Mojdeh Kariman, Nourossadat Sharif Nia, Hamid Mokhtarian-Gilani, Tahereh |
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description | BACKGROUND: The Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) may lead to couples not being physically and mentally ready to assume a parenting role. OBJECTIVE: Given the changes in reproductive behaviors and the lack of accurate information about childbearing factors during the Coronavirus pandemic, this study was conducted to investigate the role of the COVID-19 pandemic in Iranian couples' childbearing intentions based on the theory of planned behavior model. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 400 married Iranian women from July to October 2020 using official online popular social networks. Data were collected using a demographic checklist and the researcher-made questionnaire, which was designed based on the main constructs of the planned behavior model. RESULTS: Testing the indirect relationships of the mediation model effect showed a positive relationship between knowledge (β = 0.226, p [Formula: see text] 0.001) and subjective norms (β = 0.155, p = 0.001) about COVID-19. Anxiety about COVID-19 mediated the relationship of knowledge (β = 0.105, p = 0.009), attitude (β = -0.125, p = 0.002), subjective norms (β = 0.238, p [Formula: see text] 0.001), and perceived behavioral control (β = 0.513, p [Formula: see text] 0.001) about COVID-19 with childbearing intentions. CONCLUSION: The results showed that COVID-19-induced anxiety can affect the relationship between the components of the theory of planned behavior model and childbearing intentions. Therefore, it is suggested that by designing appropriate interventions through anxiety-reducing and relaxation techniques, a fundamental step can be taken in increasing childbearing desires. |
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spelling | pubmed-99823252023-03-04 The role of the Coronavirus pandemic on childbearing intentions in Iranian women based on path analysis: A cross-sectional study Banaei, Mojdeh Kariman, Nourossadat Sharif Nia, Hamid Mokhtarian-Gilani, Tahereh Int J Reprod Biomed Original Article BACKGROUND: The Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) may lead to couples not being physically and mentally ready to assume a parenting role. OBJECTIVE: Given the changes in reproductive behaviors and the lack of accurate information about childbearing factors during the Coronavirus pandemic, this study was conducted to investigate the role of the COVID-19 pandemic in Iranian couples' childbearing intentions based on the theory of planned behavior model. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 400 married Iranian women from July to October 2020 using official online popular social networks. Data were collected using a demographic checklist and the researcher-made questionnaire, which was designed based on the main constructs of the planned behavior model. RESULTS: Testing the indirect relationships of the mediation model effect showed a positive relationship between knowledge (β = 0.226, p [Formula: see text] 0.001) and subjective norms (β = 0.155, p = 0.001) about COVID-19. Anxiety about COVID-19 mediated the relationship of knowledge (β = 0.105, p = 0.009), attitude (β = -0.125, p = 0.002), subjective norms (β = 0.238, p [Formula: see text] 0.001), and perceived behavioral control (β = 0.513, p [Formula: see text] 0.001) about COVID-19 with childbearing intentions. CONCLUSION: The results showed that COVID-19-induced anxiety can affect the relationship between the components of the theory of planned behavior model and childbearing intentions. Therefore, it is suggested that by designing appropriate interventions through anxiety-reducing and relaxation techniques, a fundamental step can be taken in increasing childbearing desires. Knowledge E 2023-02-08 /pmc/articles/PMC9982325/ /pubmed/36875500 http://dx.doi.org/10.18502/ijrm.v21i1.12665 Text en Copyright © 2023 Banaei et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Banaei, Mojdeh Kariman, Nourossadat Sharif Nia, Hamid Mokhtarian-Gilani, Tahereh The role of the Coronavirus pandemic on childbearing intentions in Iranian women based on path analysis: A cross-sectional study |
title | The role of the Coronavirus pandemic on childbearing intentions in Iranian women based on path analysis: A cross-sectional study |
title_full | The role of the Coronavirus pandemic on childbearing intentions in Iranian women based on path analysis: A cross-sectional study |
title_fullStr | The role of the Coronavirus pandemic on childbearing intentions in Iranian women based on path analysis: A cross-sectional study |
title_full_unstemmed | The role of the Coronavirus pandemic on childbearing intentions in Iranian women based on path analysis: A cross-sectional study |
title_short | The role of the Coronavirus pandemic on childbearing intentions in Iranian women based on path analysis: A cross-sectional study |
title_sort | role of the coronavirus pandemic on childbearing intentions in iranian women based on path analysis: a cross-sectional study |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9982325/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36875500 http://dx.doi.org/10.18502/ijrm.v21i1.12665 |
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