How many parents regret having children and how it is linked to their personality and health: Two studies with national samples in Poland.

Surveys conducted over the last few years on representative samples in the US and Germany suggest that the percentage of parents who regret having children is approximately 17-8%. In none of these studies did the researchers attempt a detailed examination of this group of parents from the perspectiv...

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Autor principal:	Konrad Piotrowski
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:224de2e89ff94f0ca0b7849a130a88172021-12-02T20:06:44ZHow many parents regret having children and how it is linked to their personality and health: Two studies with national samples in Poland.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0254163https://doaj.org/article/224de2e89ff94f0ca0b7849a130a88172021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0254163https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203Surveys conducted over the last few years on representative samples in the US and Germany suggest that the percentage of parents who regret having children is approximately 17-8%. In none of these studies did the researchers attempt a detailed examination of this group of parents from the perspective of their psychological functioning. In the present article, two studies based on large, national samples (N = 1175 and N = 1280), one of which was a representative sample of young Poles, are presented. The results obtained show that the percentage of parents who regret parenthood is higher in Poland than in the US or Germany, and that parents who regret having children are characterized by a higher level of adverse childhood experiences, have poorer psychological and somatic health, are more vulnerable to social evaluation, and experience strong parental identity crisis and parental burnout. Regretting parenthood also turns out to be associated with the parent's financial situation and marital status, and with having children with special needs. The results indicate that regretting becoming a parent is an important social and psychological issue that should become an object of interest for researchers from various disciplines and for social policy authorities.Konrad PiotrowskiPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 7, p e0254163 (2021)
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description	Surveys conducted over the last few years on representative samples in the US and Germany suggest that the percentage of parents who regret having children is approximately 17-8%. In none of these studies did the researchers attempt a detailed examination of this group of parents from the perspective of their psychological functioning. In the present article, two studies based on large, national samples (N = 1175 and N = 1280), one of which was a representative sample of young Poles, are presented. The results obtained show that the percentage of parents who regret parenthood is higher in Poland than in the US or Germany, and that parents who regret having children are characterized by a higher level of adverse childhood experiences, have poorer psychological and somatic health, are more vulnerable to social evaluation, and experience strong parental identity crisis and parental burnout. Regretting parenthood also turns out to be associated with the parent's financial situation and marital status, and with having children with special needs. The results indicate that regretting becoming a parent is an important social and psychological issue that should become an object of interest for researchers from various disciplines and for social policy authorities.
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title	How many parents regret having children and how it is linked to their personality and health: Two studies with national samples in Poland.
title_short	How many parents regret having children and how it is linked to their personality and health: Two studies with national samples in Poland.
title_full	How many parents regret having children and how it is linked to their personality and health: Two studies with national samples in Poland.
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How many parents regret having children and how it is linked to their personality and health: Two studies with national samples in Poland.

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