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Pathways and Barriers to Parenthood

Existential Concerns Regarding Fertility, Pregnancy, and Early Parenthood

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Editors:
  1. Orit Taubman – Ben-Ari

    1. Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel

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  • Examines the transition to parenthood from a multidisciplinary perspective, informed by the approach of positive psychology
  • Introduces new issues of the transition of parenthood and to infertility from a holistic developmental approach
  • Challenges the existential and affective aspects of parenting, discussing aspects of parenting in relation to broader life challenges and projects

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Giving Birth to Meaning: Understanding Parenthood Through the Psychology of Meaning in Life

    • Jessica L. Morse, Michael F. Steger
    Pages 1-17

  3. The Experience of Infertility: An Unexpected Barrier in the Transition to Parenthood

    • Brennan Peterson, Jean Marie S. Place
    Pages 19-37

  4. In Pursuit of Parenthood: The Highs and Lows of Fertility Treatment

    • Vera Skvirsky, Orit Taubman – Ben-Ari
    Pages 39-57

  5. Fertility Problems and Fertility Care in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of Kenya

    • Henny M. W. Bos, Floor B. van Rooij, Tammary Esho, Wanjiru Ndegwa, Aida Bilajbegovic, Benjamin Kioko et al.
    Pages 59-82

  6. Fertility Treatment Through the Eyes of the Media: Words, Metaphors, and Images in Israeli Media Coverage of Fertility and Fertility Treatment

    • Shirley Ben Shlomo, Oneg Kabizon-Pery
    Pages 83-99

  7. Health and Development of Children Born Following Assisted Reproductive Technology Treatments

    • Adel Farhi, Saralee Glasser, Liat Lerner-Geva
    Pages 101-111

  8. Psychological and Ethical Issues in Third Party Assisted Conception and Surrogate Motherhood

    • Olga van den Akker
    Pages 113-125

  9. Resilience to Prenatal Stress

    • Michael Ungar, Kristin Hadfield, Nicole Bush, Amélie Quesnel-Vallée, Igor Pekelny
    Pages 127-153

  10. Parenting in Hetero-Gay Families: Motivations, Assumptions, Gender and Culture

    • Dorit Segal-Engelchin, Sarah Jen, Pauline I. Erera
    Pages 155-171

  11. Reproductive Autonomy: Sex Selection as a Defining Case Study

    • Gil Siegal
    Pages 173-183

  12. From Cradle to Grave: A Terror Management Theory Analysis of Parenthood

    • Sheldon Solomon
    Pages 185-198

  13. The Impact of Birth on Women’s Health and Wellbeing

    • Susan Ayers, Alexandra Sawyer
    Pages 199-218

  14. Resolution of Difficult Experiences and Future Parenting

    • Miri Scharf, Pnina Isenberg-Borenstein, Rachel Marcow Rosenberg
    Pages 219-234

  15. Confronting Existential Concerns in the Transition to Parenthood: A Theoretical and Therapeutic Model

    • Noga Levin-Keini, Shirley Ben Shlomo
    Pages 235-249

  16. Health Behavior, Health Promotion, and the Transition to Parenthood: Insights from Research in Health Psychology and Behavior Change

    • Martin S. Hagger, Kyra Hamilton
    Pages 251-269

  17. Blossoming and Growing in the Transition to Parenthood

    • Orit Taubman – Ben-Ari
    Pages 271-290

  18. Attachment and the Transition to Parenthood

    • W. Steven Rholes, Ramona L. Paetzold
    Pages 291-303

  19. Attachment, Caregiving, and Parenting

    • Mario Mikulincer, Phillip R. Shaver
    Pages 305-319

  20. Back Matter

    Pages 321-341
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About this book

This volume explores the transition to parenthood from a holistic developmental approach, relating to barriers such as fertility problems and traumatic childbirth, as well as pathways such as positive experiences of pregnancy and childbirth. It presents an extended process, beginning with infertility issues, continuing with subjects pertaining to decisions regarding parenthood, pregnancy and birth, and ending with the early stages of parenthood from a positive psychology perspective. The volume draws on theories of resilience, meaning, terror management, and attachment, and considers psychological, sociological, legal, policy, medical, and therapy issues. It relates to the developmental needs of individuals and couples, as well as to the role played by family, society, and the media, offering a comprehensive in-depth evaluation of the latest topics.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel

    Orit Taubman – Ben-Ari

About the editor

Orit Taubman – Ben-Ari is a psychologist and professor at the Louis and Gabi Weisfeld School of Social Work at Bar Ilan University in Israel. For over fifteen years she has been studying intergenerational relationships and personal growth following life transitions and stress-related events, such as the transition to parenthood and grandparenthood, and coping with infertility. Her scholarly publications were among the first to introduce the construct of personal growth to the discourse on life transitions. She is interested in exploring both the deleterious and positive or constructive predispositions and outcomes within families coping with various stress-related events. She has published extensively on these issues in international journals.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Pathways and Barriers to Parenthood

  • Book Subtitle: Existential Concerns Regarding Fertility, Pregnancy, and Early Parenthood

  • Editors: Orit Taubman – Ben-Ari

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24864-2

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-24863-5Published: 11 October 2019

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-24866-6Published: 12 October 2020

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-24864-2Published: 25 September 2019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 341

  • Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Positive Psychology, Quality of Life Research, Developmental Psychology

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